islamic jihad Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon
   Hizbullah; Organization of the Oppressed on Earth; Lebanese Hizballah; Hezbollah; Hizballah; Hizbollah; Party of God; Revolutionary Justice Organization; Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine.
   
2. noun an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells
   Egyptian Islamic Jihad; Vanguards of Conquest; al-Jihad.
   
   • the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981

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