army_of_muhammad (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Army of Muhammad*:
NOUN	group	Army of Muhammad, Jaish-i-Mohammed, Jaish-e-Muhammad, JEM	a terrorist organization founded in 2000

English > *Army of Muhammad*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	A terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active / active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings.
Synonyms	Jaish-i-Mohammed, Jaish-e-Muhammad, JEM
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	Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, West Pakistan	A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley

HyperDic: army_of_muhammad