HyperDic: salafist_group

English > 1 sense of the expression Salafist Group:
NOUNgroupSalafist Group, Salafast Group for Call and Combat, GSPCan Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group
English > Salafist Group: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningAn Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active / active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support / support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa.
SynonymsSalafast Group for Call and Combat, GSPC
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
RegionAlgeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of AlgeriaA republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim

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