LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lashkar-e-Jhangvi mean? 

• LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI (noun)
  The noun LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI has 1 sense:

1. a Sunni Muslim extremist group in Pakistan that collaborates with al-Qaeda; the armed wing of Sipah-e-Sahaba

  Familiarity information: LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Sunni Muslim extremist group in Pakistan that collaborates with al-Qaeda; the armed wing of Sipah-e-Sahaba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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)

Holonyms ("Lashkar-e-Jhangvi" is a part of...):

Sipah-e-Sahaba (a vicious sectarian organization in Pakistan that persecutes Shiite Muslims and collaborates with al-Qaeda to attack foreigners and to disrupt the government of Pakistan)