al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya

Definitions of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya

1. noun

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