1. islamic community, islamic group, jemaah islamiyah, ji, malaysia militant group, malaysian mujahidin group

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

Synonyms

• islamic community
• jemaah islamiyah
• ji
• malaysia militant group
• malaysian mujahidin group

2. al-gama'a al-islamiyya, islamic group

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

Example Sentences:
'al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule'

Synonyms

• al-gama'a al-islamiyya