mujahedin
Noun
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A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad (synset 108223584)
"some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists"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 fearis a type of: force, military force, military group, military unit - a unit that is part of some military servicesubtypes: mujahedeen khalq - Iranian guerillas based in Iraqmember holonym: mujahid - a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad
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