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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 Afghanistan
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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