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Jihadism

Jihadism is a type of extreme belief that encourages people to use violence and other extreme measures to achieve certain political or religious goals. It is a form of religious extremism that some people use to promote their own beliefs and agendas, sometimes even to the point of doing bad things to people or to countries. Jihadists believe in doing bad things to people or to countries in order to help promote their religious ideas.