Kammala wannan magana: An yi kira ga Jihad ta hanyar Shia Islamists a karni na 20, musamman Ruhollah Khomeini ya bayyana jihadi a Iraki a lokacin yakin Iran-Iraq, kuma 'yan kungiyar Shia da ke kai hare-haren bam a ofisoshin jakadancin kasashen yamma da dakarun wanzar da zaman lafiya a Lebanon sun kira kansu, "Jihad na Islama". Kafin juyin juya halin Iran a shekarar 1922, malamin Shi'a Mehdi Al-Khalissi ya ba da fatwa yana kira ga 'yan Iraki da kada su shiga zaben Iraqi, saboda gwamnatin Iraqi ta kafa ta kasashen waje. Daga baya ya taka rawa a cikin
Rikicin Iraqi na shekarar 1920. Tsakanin 1918 da 1919 a cikin birnin Najaf mai tsarki na Shi'a an kafa "Kungiyar Farkawa ta Musulunci" ta hanyar malaman addini da dama, shugabannin kabilu, da kuma masu mallakar gidaje sun kashe wani jami'in Birtaniya da fatan za su tayar da irin wannan tawaye a Karbala wanda kuma ana daukar shi a matsayin mai tsarki ga Shi'a.