al-gama'a al-islamiyya

1. 1.

   a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails

   “al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule”

   SynonymsIslamic Group

   Broaderterrorist organization

   Egypt · terrorism

Questions about al-gama'a al-islamiyya

What does al-gama'a al-islamiyya mean?

al-gama'a al-islamiyya means "a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails".

What is another word for al-gama'a al-islamiyya?

Close synonyms include Islamic Group. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is al-gama'a al-islamiyya a common word?

al-gama'a al-islamiyya is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.