Definitions for "ISLAMIC JIHAD"
Sunni Muslim guerrilla organization reported to have close ties with Iran, the group has carried out terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians in Israel and the Occupied Territories. Islamic Jihad appears to be united in its opposition to territorial or political compromise with Israel.
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
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; "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981"