ISLAMIC GROUP
\ɪslˈɑːmɪk ɡɹˈuːp], \ɪslˈɑːmɪk ɡɹˈuːp], \ɪ_s_l_ˈɑː_m_ɪ_k ɡ_ɹ_ˈuː_p]\
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a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails; "al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule"
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a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia
By Princeton University
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Platidiam
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