"Jihad" is a song by thrash metal band Slayer, which will be included on their upcoming album, Christ Illusion. Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres, that is characterised by its high speed and aggression. ... Slayer is an American thrash metal band, founded in Huntington Park, California (not Huntington Beach, as has often been reported), in 1982[1] by Tom Araya (bass guitar and vocals), Kerry King (guitars), Jeff Hanneman (guitars) and Dave Lombardo (drums). ... Christ Illusion is the tenth studio album by Slayer, expected to be released on August 8, 2006 on American Recordings. ...

The song was written from the points-of-view of the terrorists who attacked the United States on September 11th, 2001, and is already stirring up controversy before the album is even released. The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks carried out in the United States on September 11, 2001. ...