Egyptian Islamic Jihad

Noun

Meaning

an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Islamic Jihad al-Jihad vanguards of conquest

Examples

the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981 Source: Internet

On February 23, 1998, bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, a leader of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, along with three other Islamist leaders, co-signed and issued a fatwa calling on Muslims to kill Americans and their allies where they can, when they can. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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