armed islamic group | (n) a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state, Syn. GIA |
east turkistan islamic movement | (n) a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression, Syn. East Turkestan Islamic Movement |
international islamic front for jihad against jews and crusaders | (n) a terrorist group organized by Osama bin Laden in 1998 that provided an umbrella organization for al-Qaeda and other militant groups in Egypt and Algeria and Pakistan and Bangladesh |
islamic army of aden | (n) Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen, Syn. Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan, IAA, Aden-Abyan Islamic Army |
islamic calendar | (n) the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years, Syn. Muslim calendar, Muhammadan calendar, Moslem calendar, Mohammedan calendar |
islamic calendar month | (n) any lunar month in the Muslim calendar |
islamic great eastern raiders-front | (n) a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO, Syn. IBDA-C |
islamic group of uzbekistan | (n) a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996; opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia; is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries, Syn. IMU, Islamic Party of Turkestan |
libyan islamic fighting group | (n) a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi, Syn. FIG, Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group |
moro islamic liberation front | (n) a terrorist group in the southern Philippines formed in 1977 to establish an independent Islamic state for the Moros; have clashed with troops at United States bases |
palestine islamic jihad | (n) a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas, Syn. Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini |
afghanistan | (n) a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south, Syn. Islamic State of Afghanistan |
al-gama'a al-islamiyya | (n) a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails, Syn. Islamic Group |
al itihaad al islamiya | (n) a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries, Syn. al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, Islamic Unity, AIAI |
al-jihad | (n) 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, Syn. Vanguards of Conquest, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad |
comoros | (n) a country on the Comoro Islands, Syn. Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros |
hamas | (n) a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing, Syn. Islamic Resistance Movement |
hizballah | (n) a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon, Syn. Hizbollah, Lebanese Hizballah, Hizbullah, Party of God, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine |
iran | (n) a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil, Syn. Persia, Islamic Republic of Iran |
jemaah islamiyah | (n) 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, Syn. Islamic Group, JI, Malaysia Militant Group, Malaysian Mujahidin Group, Islamic Community |
kaplan group | (n) a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran, Syn. Caliphate State, Association of Islamic Groups and Communities |
mauritania | (n) a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert, Syn. Mauritanie, Muritaniya, Islamic Republic of Mauritania |
muslim | (adj) of or relating to or supporting Islamism, Syn. Islamic, Moslem |
pakistan | (n) a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, Syn. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, West Pakistan |
shariah | (n) the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed, Syn. shariah law, sharia law, Islamic law, sharia |
ummah | (n) the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan, Syn. Islamic Ummah, Muslim Ummah, Umma, Islam Nation |
真主党 | [Zhēn zhǔ dǎng, ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨˇ ㄉㄤˇ, 真 主 党 / 真 主 黨] Hezbollah (Lebanon Islamic group) #11,491 [Add to Longdo] |
死神 | [Sǐ shén, ㄙˇ ㄕㄣˊ, 死 神] Death personified; Azrael (Angel of Death of Jewish and Islamic mythology); the Grim Reaper; Bleach (Japanese cartoon series by KUBO Taitō 久保帶人|久保带人) #14,850 [Add to Longdo] |
回族 | [Huí zú, ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄗㄨˊ, 回 族] Hui Islamic minority living across China #25,399 [Add to Longdo] |
清真 | [qīng zhēn, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄓㄣ, 清 真] Islamic; Muslim #29,098 [Add to Longdo] |
古兰经 | [gǔ lán jīng, ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ, 古 兰 经 / 古 蘭 經] Koran (Islamic scripture); Quran #41,939 [Add to Longdo] |
伊斯兰圣战组织 | [Yī sī lán shèng zhàn zǔ zhī, ㄧ ㄙ ㄌㄢˊ ㄕㄥˋ ㄓㄢˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄓ, 伊 斯 兰 圣 战 组 织 / 伊 斯 蘭 聖 戰 組 織] Islamic Jihad (Palestinian armed faction) #63,837 [Add to Longdo] |
阿訇 | [Ā hōng, ㄚ ㄏㄨㄥ, 阿 訇] Iman (Islamic clergyman) #64,000 [Add to Longdo] |
万年历 | [wàn nián lì, ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ, 万 年 历 / 萬 年 歷] ten thousand year calendar; Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 #67,910 [Add to Longdo] |
回教 | [Huí jiào, ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ, 回 教] Islamic faith, Muslim #68,045 [Add to Longdo] |
迈赫迪 | [Mài hè dí, ㄇㄞˋ ㄏㄜˋ ㄉㄧˊ, 迈 赫 迪 / 邁 赫 迪] Mahdi or Mehdi (Arabic: Guided one), redeemer of some Islamic prophesy #96,229 [Add to Longdo] |
可兰经 | [Kě lán jīng, ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ, 可 兰 经 / 可 蘭 經] Quran (Islamic scripture) #128,275 [Add to Longdo] |
易卜拉辛 | [Yì bǔ lā xīn, ㄧˋ ㄅㄨˇ ㄌㄚ ㄒㄧㄣ, 易 卜 拉 辛] Ibrahim (name); Arabic and Islamic version of Abraham 亞伯拉罕|亚伯拉罕 #148,169 [Add to Longdo] |
中国伊斯兰教协会 | [Zhōng guó Yī sī lán jiào Xié huì, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄧ ㄙ ㄌㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ, 中 国 伊 斯 兰 教 协 会 / 中 國 伊 斯 蘭 教 協 會] Chinese Patriotic Islamic Association [Add to Longdo] |
伊斯兰会议组织 | [Yī sī lán Huì yì Zǔ zhī, ㄧ ㄙ ㄌㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄧˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄓ, 伊 斯 兰 会 议 组 织 / 伊 斯 蘭 會 議 組 織] Organization of the Islamic Conference [Add to Longdo] |
哈里发帝国 | [Hā lǐ fā dì guó, ㄏㄚ ㄌㄧˇ ㄈㄚ ㄉㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, 哈 里 发 帝 国 / 哈 里 發 帝 國] Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德 in 632) [Add to Longdo] |
东突厥斯坦伊斯兰运动 | [Dōng tū jué sī tǎn yī sī lán yùn dòng, ㄉㄨㄥ ㄊㄨ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ ㄧ ㄙ ㄌㄢˊ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ, 东 突 厥 斯 坦 伊 斯 兰 运 动 / 東 突 厥 斯 坦 伊 斯 蘭 運 動] East Turkestan Islamic movement ETIM [Add to Longdo] |
イスラム過激主義 | [イスラムかげきしゅぎ, isuramu kagekishugi] (n) Islamic extremism [Add to Longdo] |
イスラム原理主義 | [イスラムげんりしゅぎ, isuramu genrishugi] (n) Islamic fundamentalism [Add to Longdo] |
イスラム諸国 | [イスラムしょこく, isuramu shokoku] (n, adj-f) Islamic countries; Islamic world [Add to Longdo] |
イスラム復興 | [イスラムふっこう, isuramu fukkou] (n) Islamic revival [Add to Longdo] |
イスラム文化 | [イスラムぶんか, isuramu bunka] (n) Islamic culture [Add to Longdo] |
イスラム法 | [イスラムほう, isuramu hou] (n) (See シャリーア) Islamic law (i.e. sharia) [Add to Longdo] |
イスラム暦 | [イスラムれき, isuramu reki] (n) Islamic calendar [Add to Longdo] |
コモロ | [komoro] (n) (Federal Islamic Republic of the) Comoros [Add to Longdo] |
ハマス | [hamasu] (n) Hamas (Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist group) [Add to Longdo] |
ヒジュラ暦 | [ヒジュラれき, hijura reki] (n) Islamic calendar [Add to Longdo] |
モーリタニア | [mo-ritania] (n) (the Islamic Republic of) Mauritania [Add to Longdo] |
回教国 | [かいきょうこく, kaikyoukoku] (n) an Islamic nation [Add to Longdo] |
回族 | [かいぞく, kaizoku] (n) Hui (Islamic ethnic minority group of China) [Add to Longdo] |