Jemaah Islamiyah

Definitions of Jemaah Islamiyah
  1. noun
    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
    synonyms: Islamic Community, Islamic Group, JI, Malaysia Militant Group, Malaysian Mujahidin Group
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    FTO, foreign terrorist organization, terrorist group, terrorist organization
    a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
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