islamic group Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun 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
   Islamic Community; Jemaah Islamiyah; Malaysian Mujahidin Group; JI; Malaysia Militant Group.
   
2. noun 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.
   
   • al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule

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