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al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya

DEFINITIONS OF: al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya

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n a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails

al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule”
Synonyms:
Islamic Group
Example of:
FTO, foreign terrorist organization, terrorist group, terrorist organization
a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
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