noun
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
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the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981
• Syn: ↑al-Jihad, ↑Egyptian Islamic Jihad, ↑Islamic Jihad
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions: ↑Egypt, ↑Arab Republic of Egypt, ↑United Arab Republic
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
Useful english dictionary. 2012.