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Salafist Group for Call and Combat

Salafist Group for Call and Combat

9.9
An Algerian extremist Islamist group that split from another militant group and tried to overthrow the government while supporting al-Qaeda
  • proper noun
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translation icon : Grupo Salafista para la Llamada y el Combate
  • The Salafist Group for Call and Combat was responsible for several high-profile attacks in Algeria.

Examples

  • The alliance between the Salafist Group for Call and Combat and al-Qaeda has increased regional instability.

  • International authorities are concerned about the recruitment activities of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat across North Africa.

  • The Salafist Group for Call and Combat has been linked to several terrorist attacks.

  • Many countries are concerned about the activities of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat.

  • International authorities are concerned about the recruitment activities of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat across North Africa.

  • The Salafist Group for Call and Combat was responsible for several high-profile attacks in Algeria.

  • The alliance between the Salafist Group for Call and Combat and al-Qaeda has increased regional instability.

Synonyms

GSPC
vsSalafist Group for Call and Combat
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1 9.9

A group in Algeria that used violence to try to change the government and backed al-Qaeda

is the group that split and backed al-Qaeda activities in Europe and North Africa
Salafist Group
vsSalafist Group for Call and Combat
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9.9

A former Algerian Islamist militant group that carried out terrorist attacks to try to overthrow the government

is the later organization noted for splitting from another group and foreign support

Surface Forms

Salafist Group for Call and Combat main

Morphology

Salafist + group + for + call + and + combat

As a proper name built from transparent constituents, a B1 learner who knows 'Salafist', 'group', 'call' and 'combat' can infer that this refers to a Salafist organization advocating or involved in fighting, but they cannot derive the specific referent (an Algerian extremist organization with historical ties and political aims). The lexical parts give a rough literal sense but not the full encyclopedic or ideological details, so the expression is only partially predictable.

Etymology

Salafist Group for Call and Combat comes from words the group's founders used to show their aim: Salafist means people who want to follow the ways of the first Muslims, and call and combat mean 'to invite people to their faith' and 'to fight'. So the name shows both a religious 'call' and a violent 'combat', which explains why the group mixed preaching and attacks.