English noun: al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya | |||
1. | al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (group) a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails | ||
Samples | Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule. | ||
Synonyms | Islamic Group | ||
Instance hypernym | foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organization | ||
Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | ||
Domain region | Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic | ||