HyperDic: bearer_of_the_sword

English > 1 sense of the expression Bearer of the Sword:
NOUNgroupBearer of the Sword, Abu Sayyafa small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines
English > Bearer of the Sword: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping.
SynonymAbu Sayyaf
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
RegionPhilippines, Republic of the PhilippinesA republic on the Philippine Islands
SpanishAbu Sayyaf
CatalanAbu Sayyaf

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