al-jihad

Noun
  1. An Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s;
    Seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state;
    Works in small underground cells (synset 108029497)
    "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981"
    referred to in: act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
    domain region: arab republic of egypt, egypt, united arab republic - a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
    is an instance of: foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization - a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
    same as: egyptian islamic jihad, islamic jihad, vanguards of conquest

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