noun
an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics
• Syn: ↑Jamaat ul-Fuqra, ↑Tanzimul Fuqra
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions: ↑Pakistan, ↑Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ↑West Pakistan
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
Useful english dictionary. 2012.