HIZB UT-TAHRIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hizb ut-Tahrir mean? 

• HIZB UT-TAHRIR (noun)
  The noun HIZB UT-TAHRIR has 1 sense:

1. the most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia; advocates 'pure' Islam and the creation of a worldwide Islamic state

  Familiarity information: HIZB UT-TAHRIR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIZB UT-TAHRIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia; advocates 'pure' Islam and the creation of a worldwide Islamic state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Freedom Party; Hizb ut-Tahrir

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:

Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)