Usage of "egyptian islamic jihad"

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.

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Examples for "al-Jihad"

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off near a government-backed militia patrol and wounded two militiamen in the capital's southwestern al-Jihad district, police said. 
 Reuters 

They're thought to be closely affiliated with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, whose- 
 Stolen heat 

When the militant Egyptian Islamic Jihad was founded in 1973, he joined. 
 The Irish Times 

Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other groups have vowed to carry out more attacks. 
 The Guardian 

Sayyed didn't like the way the Islamic Jihad's heavy was looking at him. 
 American assassin 

Another was an unarmed man from Islamic Jihad, the group said. 
 The Irish Times 

Usage of egyptian islamic jihad in anglès

They're thought to be closely affiliated with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, whose- 
 Stolen heat 

When the militant Egyptian Islamic Jihad was founded in 1973, he joined. 
 The Irish Times 

Al Qaeda, Shia extremists, two Sunni extremists, and even one from the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. 
 Patient Zero 

That cell joined similar ones to form Gamaa Jihad, or the Holy War Group, which became Egyptian Islamic Jihad, led for many years by Zawahiri. 
 The Irish Times 

By 1980 he was rising through the ranks of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which merged with al Qaeda in 1998. 
 Frontier fury 

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Meanings of egyptian islamic jihad in anglès