FOLLOWERS OF THE PROPHET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Followers of the Prophet mean? 

• FOLLOWERS OF THE PROPHET (noun)
  The noun FOLLOWERS OF THE PROPHET has 1 sense:

1. a resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacks

  Familiarity information: FOLLOWERS OF THE PROPHET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOLLOWERS OF THE PROPHET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

al Sunna Wal Jamma; Followers of the Prophet

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:

Federal Republic of Nigeria; Nigeria (a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country)