English noun: Islamic Group |
1. | Islamic Group (group) 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 |
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| Synonyms | Islamic Community, Jemaah Islamiyah, JI, Malaysia Militant Group, Malaysian Mujahidin Group |
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| Instance hypernym | foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organization |
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| Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act |
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| Domain region | Malaya, Malaysia |
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2. | Islamic Group (group) 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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| Samples | Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule.
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| Synonyms | al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya |
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| Instance hypernym | foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organization |
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| Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act |
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| Domain region | Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic |
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