| NOUN | group | al-Jihad, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest | an Islamic extremist group active / active since the late 1970s |
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| Meaning | An Islamic extremist group active / active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells. | |
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| Synonyms | Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest | |
| Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The 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 of | terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO | A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
| Region | Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic | A republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971 |
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