noun
1. a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails
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al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule
• Syn: ↑al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
• 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
2. 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
• Syn: ↑Jemaah Islamiyah, ↑JI, ↑Islamic Community, ↑Malaysian Mujahidin Group, ↑Malaysia Militant Group
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
Useful english dictionary. 2012.