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HARKAT UL-MUJAHEDEEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Harkat ul-Mujahedeen mean? 

HARKAT UL-MUJAHEDEEN (noun)
  The noun HARKAT UL-MUJAHEDEEN has 1 sense:

1. an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistanplay

  Familiarity information: HARKAT UL-MUJAHEDEEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HARKAT UL-MUJAHEDEEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Al Faran; Harkat-ul-Mujahidin; Harkat ul-Ansar; Harkat ul-Mujahedeen; HUA; HUM; Movement of Holy Warriors

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:

Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Pakistan; West Pakistan (a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)


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