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HARAKAT UL-JIHAD-I-ISLAMI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami mean? 

HARAKAT UL-JIHAD-I-ISLAMI (noun)
  The noun HARAKAT UL-JIHAD-I-ISLAMI has 1 sense:

1. an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistanplay

  Familiarity information: HARAKAT UL-JIHAD-I-ISLAMI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HARAKAT UL-JIHAD-I-ISLAMI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami; Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami; HUJI

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

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)

Domain region:

Cashmere; Jammu and Kashmir; Kashmir (an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India)


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