Search Result for "salafist group":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa;
[syn: Salafist Group, Salafast Group for Call and Combat, GSPC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Salafist Group n 1: an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa [syn: Salafist Group, Salafast Group for Call and Combat, GSPC]