(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, Example:the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres
(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
(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, Example:al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule
(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