harkat-ul-mujahidin | (n) an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan, Syn. Movement of Holy Warriors, HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, Al Faran, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, HUA |
mujahidin | (n) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad, Syn. mujahadin, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahadein, mujahadeen, mujahedeen |
mujahidin-e khalq organization | (n) a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah, Syn. MEK, People's Mujahidin of Iran, MKO |
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 |