Vocabulary of Jihad

Some terms you might find useful to know in your own explorations of Islam:

Abu _____: An oft-used nomme de guerre by terrorists. (literally, "father of _____")
Crusader: Westerner
Dar-al-Harb: Non-Islamic lands (literally, "Land of War")
Haram: Unclean
Hudna: A tactical ceasefire, used to buy time
Jaish: Army. Often found as part of terror groups' names
Jihad: Crusade*
Lashkar: Militia. Often found as part of terror groups' names
al-Naqba: The birth of the State of Israel (literally, "the Catastrophe")
Qaffir: Infidel
Quds: Jerusalem (literally, "Holy")
Ummah: The Islamic world as a (w)hole
Yahud: Jew

more, as they occur to me...

* Muslims protest that "jihad" doesn't necessarily mean "holy war." They enlighten us that it can be a struggle for anything. At the same time, they consider "crusade" a dirty word.

Well, "crusade" has the same spectrum of meaning as "jihad." It can be anything from a holy war to retake Jerusalem, to a social movement. In short, "jihad" and "crusade" are perfect translations for one another.