islamic group

Noun
  1. A clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda;
    Supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia (synset 108044271)
    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: federation of malaysia, malaysia - a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957
    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: islamic community, jemaah islamiyah, ji, malaysia militant group, malaysian mujahidin group
  2. A terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists;
    Emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails (synset 108028760)
    "al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule"
    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: al-gama'a al-islamiyya

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