Definition of 'al-jihad'

Noun

1. an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells; "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981"
      Synonyms: Egyptian Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad Vanguards of Conquest

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