Jihadistan

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The term Jihadistan, a portmanteau of "jihad" and "-stan", refers to the perceived borderless "nation" of Islamist terrorists, mainly inhabited by al-Qaeda and other extremists. As it is borderless, it can be said to be anywhere Islamic terrorists are active.

According to The Patriot Post...

Jihadistan is a borderless nation of Islamic extremists that constitutes al-Qa'ida and other Muslim terrorist groups around the world. A borderless nation? Indeed. The "Islamic World" of the Quran recognizes no political borders. Though orthodox Muslims (those who subscribe to the teachings of the "pre-Medina" Quran) do not support acts of terrorism or mass murder, sects within the Islamic world subscribe to the "post-Mecca" Quran and Hadiths (Mohammed's teachings). It is this latter group of death-worshipping sects that calls for jihad, or "holy war," against all "the enemies of God." (These enemies, or infidels, consist of all non-Muslims).

The earliest recorded use of the term is in The Patriot Post, on September 28, 2001.