al-Jihad


Definition: Meaning of, al-Jihad in English to English dictionary.

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  1. an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells
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al-Jihad used in phrases

  • Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini (noun)
    1. a 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 than Hamas
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