al-Jihad


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Noun1.al-Jihad - 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; "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981"
act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic - a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
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As he addresses the gathering, the crowd raise slogans like -- 'India ka ek hi illaj, al-jihad al-jihad' (There is only one solution for India and that is jihad).
It further alleged that the two men were holding flags inscribed with 'Al-Jihad'.
"A federal police force arrested two suspects for extorting the citizens financially in the neighborhood of Al-Jihad neighborhood / Al-Salam neighborhood apartments, in addition to arresting a gang of (4) suspects, including (3) girls for trafficking in human beings in a hotel in Abu Nwas in Baghdad ./ End
3-"Milestones" by Sayyid Outb 4-"Al-Fari[THORN]ad[THORN]uah Al-gha[THORN]ax-ibah" by Muhammad Abd al-Salam Faraj, the founder of Al-Gamaa'a Al-Islamyyia 5-"Millat Ibrahim" by Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, the first one to use the term "Salafi Jihadism." 6-"Al-Jihad wa'l-Ijtihad" (Jihad and Interpretation/JI) by Abu Qatada al-Filistini 7-"A Call to Global Islamic Resistance (GIR)" by Abu Mus'ab al-Suri 8-"Al-'Umda fi I'dad al-'Udda" (The Essentials of Making Ready [for Jihad]), by Sayyed Imam 9- "Terrorism is from Islam and who denies it is an apostate" by Sayyed Imam 10-"Al-Wala' wa-l-Bara" (Loyalty and Disavowal) by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri 11-Articles written by Omar Abdel Rhaman.
Earlier, all these recommendations were incorporated in the judgement pronounced by the SC in the petition of Al-Jihad Trust VS Federation of Pakistan 1999.
In November 2018, the last operation conducted by the Palestinian movements, Hamas and Al-Jihad Al-Islami, included the launch of more than 400 rockets towards Israel's northern towns.
We are hoping to file criminal charges against [the Al-Jihad construction company] for its violations," Ollaik told The Daily Star.
The attack took place as the security forces were tracking down two terrorists in Al-Jihad district in the city, according to the statement.
Four missiles or first stages fell in Tal Abta, Addayah and the Baaj desert west of Mosul, with one falling close to a base run by Saraya al-Jihad, one of the Iranbacked militias, a high-level Iraqi official told The New Arab.
The terrorist groups said on their social media pages that Abu Mua'az al-Sham, the military commander of "Sraya al-Tawheed and al-Jihad" group affiliated to the al-Nusra Front, was killed.
Qaeda chief Ayaman Al-Zawahiri had announced a new branch of al Qaeda called "Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent" last year.