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fitna, n. Islam.
Brit. |ˈfɪtnə|, U.S. |ˈfɪtnə|
Forms: 19– fitna, 19– fitnah
[‹ Arabic fitna, lit. ‘rebellion, strife’.]
Trial, temptation; sedition, rebellion; social unrest or strife.
[1885T. P. Hughes Dict. Islam 129/1 Fitan, pl. of fitnah, seditions; strifes; commotions. A term specially used for those wars and commotions which shall precede the Resurrection.] 1922J. L. Strachey Adventure of Living xv. 210 The flame of fitna, or insurrection, would not first appear in the Soudan, but the fire would be kindled in Egypt itself. 1965K. Cragg Counsels in Contemp. Islam vi. 109 Islam has been for so long inured, by the Quranic concept of fitna, to take hostility to itself as hostility to God. 1995M. Badran Feminists, Islam, & Nation Introd. 5 Women were held to possess a more powerful sexual drive than men, posing a threat to society because of the chaos or fitna they could unleash. 2002Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 11 May ii. 21 Palazzi..is known for his vocal beliefs that suicide bombings by Islamic extremists are inimical to Islam and constitute fitnah, or sedition. |