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JUND-UL-ISLAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jund-ul-Islam mean? 

JUND-UL-ISLAM (noun)
  The noun JUND-UL-ISLAM has 1 sense:

1. an Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaedaplay

  Familiarity information: JUND-UL-ISLAM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JUND-UL-ISLAM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaeda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Jund-ul-Islam; Soldiers of God

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:

Kurdistan (an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus)


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