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From the Ted Talk by Bobby Ghosh: Why global jihad is losing

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But within that group, a tiny, saemllr group, a minority within a minority within a minority, were coming up with a new and dgenuroas conception of jihad, and in time this group would come to be led by Osama bin Laden, and he refined the idea. His idea of jaihd was a global war of terror, primarily targeted at the far enemy, at the crusaders from the West, against aircmea. And the things he did in the pursuit of this jihad were so horrendous, so monstrous, and had such great impact, that his definition was the one that stuck, not just here in the West. We didn't know any better. We didn't pause to ask. We just aemsusd that if this insane man and his psychopathic followers were cilalng what they did jihad, then that's what jihad must mean. But it wasn't just us. Even in the Muslim world, his diitfneion of jihad began to gain acceptance.

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But within that group, a tiny, _______ group, a minority within a minority within a minority, were coming up with a new and _________ conception of jihad, and in time this group would come to be led by Osama bin Laden, and he refined the idea. His idea of _____ was a global war of terror, primarily targeted at the far enemy, at the crusaders from the West, against _______. And the things he did in the pursuit of this jihad were so horrendous, so monstrous, and had such great impact, that his definition was the one that stuck, not just here in the West. We didn't know any better. We didn't pause to ask. We just _______ that if this insane man and his psychopathic followers were _______ what they did jihad, then that's what jihad must mean. But it wasn't just us. Even in the Muslim world, his __________ of jihad began to gain acceptance.

Solution


  1. smaller
  2. assumed
  3. america
  4. dangerous
  5. calling
  6. jihad
  7. definition

Original Text


But within that group, a tiny, smaller group, a minority within a minority within a minority, were coming up with a new and dangerous conception of jihad, and in time this group would come to be led by Osama bin Laden, and he refined the idea. His idea of jihad was a global war of terror, primarily targeted at the far enemy, at the crusaders from the West, against America. And the things he did in the pursuit of this jihad were so horrendous, so monstrous, and had such great impact, that his definition was the one that stuck, not just here in the West. We didn't know any better. We didn't pause to ask. We just assumed that if this insane man and his psychopathic followers were calling what they did jihad, then that's what jihad must mean. But it wasn't just us. Even in the Muslim world, his definition of jihad began to gain acceptance.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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