Multiple Choice
The theoretical purpose of the jihad was to
A) maintain peak military readiness.
B) wage holy war against all other Muslims on the Arabian peninsula.
C) broaden Muslim hegemony throughout Africa and Europe.
D) strive in the way of the Lord.
E) massacre all Jews and Christians.
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