International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders

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A terrorist group started by Osama bin Laden in 1998 to unite armed Islamist groups in different countries

proper noun

Slur

: Frente Islámico Internacional para la Yihad contra Judíos y Cruzados

Osama bin Laden announced the formation of the International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders to unite various militant groups.

Examples

The International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders was implicated in planning attacks throughout the late 1990s.
Many countries have condemned the International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders for its violent actions.
Authorities closely monitored the activities of the International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders after its formation in 1998.
The International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders was established in 1998.
Authorities closely monitored the activities of the International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders after its formation in 1998.
Osama bin Laden announced the formation of the International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders to unite various militant groups.
Many countries have condemned the International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders for its violent actions.

Surface Forms

International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders main

Morphology

international + Islamic + front + for + jihad + against + Jew + and + crusader

The name is fully compositional: 'international' + 'Islamic' + 'front' describes an international Islamic organized group, and 'for jihad against Jews and Crusaders' clearly states its purpose/opposition. A B1 learner who knows the constituent words (including the militant sense of 'jihad') can predict that this refers to a group formed to carry out jihad directed at Jews and 'crusaders', so the overall meaning is derivable from the parts.

Etymology

International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders was a name chosen by Osama bin Laden in 1998 to sound like a united, global fight. The word jihad here means 'holy war' or 'struggle' and the words Jews and Crusaders point to the groups they opposed, so the full name signals a militant, anti-Western group.