HyperDic: pij

English > 1 sense of the word PIJ:
NOUNgroupPIJ, Palestine Islamic Jihad, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastinia militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel
English > PIJ: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas.
SynonymsPalestine Islamic Jihad, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini
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
RegionPalestineA former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean

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