Caravel's already covered the basics, so I will simply emphasize one of the points he made: Imams, imams, imams--you can never have too many.![]()
Station them everywhere along your possible Jihad path(s), and whip the populace into a religious frenzy! They're as effective as Inquisitors in this regard, but without the nasty side effect of burning everyone in sight for heresy.
As for mercenaries, I don't bother with them. I personally refrain from hiring mercs for an Islamic "struggle for faith", as doing so just feels wrong to me. I go with whatever units the Jihad gives me, and then add however many regular troops as I see fit.
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