HyperDic: islamic_resistance_movement

English > 1 sense of the expression Islamic Resistance Movement:
NOUNgroupIslamic Resistance Movement, Hamasa militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon
English > Islamic Resistance Movement: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing.
SynonymHamas
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe 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 ofterrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTOA political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
PartsQassam Brigades, Salah al-Din Battalions, Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam BattalionsThe military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel
SpanishHamas, Hamás
CatalanHamas

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