Egyptian Islamic 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 • Syn: al-Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest • 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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