Na'im, Khoirun2019-09-252019-09-252012-02-07http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/183147This article attempts to explain the meaning of jihad and martyrdom. Jihad is not a military expansion, or the imperial system under the guise of Islam, which has been politicized in order with the words of the scholars, as claimed the Orientalists. But jihad is a concept of an alternative mission to defend the religion of Allah in exchange for a martyr for the fighters, who are the ideals and expectations of Muslims.indWith permission of the license/copyright holderIslamic ethicsReligious ethicsSpirituality and ethicsPreprint