English > Jemaah Islamiyah: 1 sense > noun 1, groupMeaning | A clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports / supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia. |
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Synonyms | JI, Islamic Group, Islamic Community, Malaysian Mujahidin Group, Malaysia Militant Group |
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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 |
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Instance of | terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO | A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
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Region | Malaysia, Federation of Malaysia | A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula |
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Spanish | Jemaah Islamiyah |
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Catalan | Jemaah Islamiyah |
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