al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
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 • Syn: Islamic Group • Topics: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act • Regions: Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic • Instance Hypernyms: terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
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