NOUN | group | Fuqra, Jamaat ul-Fuqra, Tanzimul Fuqra | an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s |
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Meaning | An Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics. | |
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Synonyms | Jamaat ul-Fuqra, Tanzimul Fuqra | |
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 |
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