Who was the first Muslim to die in Jihad?

But if by Jihad you mean to ask “the first Muslim to die in war”, then its probably Umair bin Abi Waqqas a lad of sixteen, who was martyred in the Battle of Badr. I assume he was the first to be martyred in that Battle. Battle of Badr was the First battle fought by Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him. read more

The first thousand years of Islamic jihad took far more lives than the 9/11 attacks and spread far greater terror. Early Muslims systematically killed huge portions of their non-Islamic neighbors, and their jihadi warriors pushed far north in an attempt to convert or eradicate much of Europe. read more

Many other figures prominent in Global jihad started in the Muslim Brotherhood —Abdullah Azzam, bin-Laden's mentor, started in the Muslim Brotherhood of Jordan; Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin-Laden's deputy, joined the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood at the age of 14; and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who planned the 9/11 attack, claims to have joined the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood at age 16. read more