NOUN
- a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon
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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
the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981
How To Use Islamic Jihad In A Sentence
- Deccan Organization of the Islamic Jihad Army claimed responsibility for the attacks.
- Other Palestinian groups such as the Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine mediate between the two sides to stop the clashes.
- A terrorist underworld - including groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and Jaish-i-Mohammed - operates in remote jungles and deserts, and hides in the centers of large cities.
- Al-Zawahiri is a physician and the founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ).
- Basically what I am saying, sir, is that there were terrorists who attacked us -- they were Islamic jihadists. Renee Ellmers, North Carolina Congressional Candidate, Defends Controversial Anti-Mosque Ad (VIDEO)
- Nobody's questioning the fact that he was the mentor of Zawahiri and the ideologue of Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
- The Palestinian militant group of Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility of the attack.
- One of them, Islamic Jihad, said the bomber entered Israel from Jordan.
- A terrorist underworld - including groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and Jaish-i-Mohammed - operates in remote jungles and deserts, and hides in the centers of large cities.
- They say that no Palestinian who killed Israelis, no Palestinians belonging to the so-called rejectionist groups, Islamic Jihad, Hamas and the like, will be released in this first stage until peacemaking has gone much further down the road. CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2003
