islamic group of uzbekistan | (n) a 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, Syn. IMU, Islamic Party of Turkestan |
armed islamic group | (n) a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state, Syn. GIA |
al-gama'a al-islamiyya | (n) a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails, Syn. Islamic Group |
jemaah islamiyah | (n) a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia, Syn. Islamic Group, JI, Malaysia Militant Group, Malaysian Mujahidin Group, Islamic Community |
kaplan group | (n) a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran, Syn. Caliphate State, Association of Islamic Groups and Communities |
libyan islamic fighting group | (n) a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi, Syn. FIG, Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group |
armed islamic group | (n) a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state, Syn. GIA |
islamic group of uzbekistan | (n) a 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, Syn. IMU, Islamic Party of Turkestan |
al-gama'a al-islamiyya | (n) a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails, Syn. Islamic Group |
jemaah islamiyah | (n) a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia, Syn. Islamic Group, JI, Malaysia Militant Group, Malaysian Mujahidin Group, Islamic Community |
kaplan group | (n) a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran, Syn. Caliphate State, Association of Islamic Groups and Communities |
libyan islamic fighting group | (n) a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi, Syn. FIG, Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group |