| NOUN | group | al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, Islamic Group | a terrorist organization of militant / militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists |
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| Meaning | A terrorist organization of militant / militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails. | |
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| Synonym | Islamic Group | |
| Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature |
| Instance of | terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO | A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
| Region | Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic | A republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971 |
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