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Meanings of al-Jihad in English

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 "egyptian islamic jihad"
        Examples for "egyptian islamic jihad"
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        They're thought to be closely affiliated with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, whose-
        Stolen heat
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        When the militant Egyptian Islamic Jihad was founded in 1973, he joined.
        The Irish Times
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        Al Qaeda, Shia extremists, two Sunni extremists, and even one from the Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
        Patient Zero
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        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
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        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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        Islamic Jihad identified the two men as members of the militant group.
        Reuters
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        They're thought to be closely affiliated with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, whose-
        Stolen heat
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        When the militant Egyptian Islamic Jihad was founded in 1973, he joined.
        The Irish Times
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        Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other groups have vowed to carry out more attacks.
        The Guardian
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        Sayyed didn't like the way the Islamic Jihad's heavy was looking at him.
        American assassin
        Usage of al-Jihad in English
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        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