HyperDic: islamic_group_of_uzbekistan

English > 1 sense of the expression Islamic Group of Uzbekistan:
NOUNgroupIslamic Group of Uzbekistan, IMU, Islamic Party of Turkestana terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996
English > Islamic Group of Uzbekistan: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996; opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia; is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries.
SynonymsIMU, Islamic Party of Turkestan
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
RegionUzbekistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, UzbekA landlocked republic in west central Asia

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