LASKAR JIHAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Laskar Jihad mean? 

• LASKAR JIHAD (noun)
  The noun LASKAR JIHAD has 1 sense:

1. a paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia; wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia; subscribes to the Wahhabi creed of Islam

  Familiarity information: LASKAR JIHAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LASKAR JIHAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia; wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia; subscribes to the Wahhabi creed of Islam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Holy War Warriors; Laskar Jihad

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:

Dutch East Indies; Indonesia; Republic of Indonesia (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions)