English noun: Bearer of the Sword | |||
1. | Bearer of the Sword (group) a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping | ||
Samples | In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives. | ||
Synonyms | Abu Sayyaf | ||
Instance hypernym | foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organization | ||
Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | ||
Domain region | Philippines, Republic of the Philippines | ||