Tanzim
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- proper noun
- During the second intifada, the Tanzim engaged in numerous violent actions against Israeli targets.
- Tanzim al-Jihad
- Tanzim al
Examples
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The Tanzim was formed in 1995 as a militant group aimed at opposing Israel's actions in the region.
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Today, there were even reports that members of the second branch of Maliki's Daawa party, the Tanzim al-Iraq faction, were unhappy that the mainline Daawa had monopolized two commissioner seats for the State of Law coalition to which they both belong.
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Both the Brigades and Tanzim were responsible for the deaths of dozens of innocent Israelis during the second intifada.
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Groups directly linked to Fatah, such as Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Tanzim, account for only about 20 percent of the suicide bombings against Israel.
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Fanatical Islamists of the Tanzim al-Jihad attacked Copts and accused them of proselytizing and sending out missionaries to various parts of Egypt.
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Barghouti was a senior member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and founder of the Tanzim, the military arm of Arafat's own faction, Fatah.
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The effect of the alternative version of 18(2) would be to exempt Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa, Tanzim, and Hizbollah from the reach of the convention, provided they were recognized as "parties."
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According to the Tanzim al-Jihad, who follows the concepts of Holy War developed by Ibn Taymiyya in his al-Siyasa al-Sha'riyya, Jihad should also be directed against the infidels.
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Faraj is one of the most influential fundamentalist leaders in Egypt and the major ideologue of the radical group Tanzim al-Jihad, a fundamentalist cell responsible for the assassination of President Sadat in 1981.
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One of the most radical fundamentalist leaders in Egypt was Muhammad 'Abd al-Salam Faraj, who was, as mentioned before, the major ideologue of the Islamist group Tanzim al-Jihad.
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Synonyms
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An armed Palestinian group linked to Fatah involved in fighting and politics
Compounds
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An armed Palestinian group linked to Fatah involved in fighting and politics
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Tanzim comes from the Arabic tanzim, which is built on the root n-z-m meaning 'to arrange' or 'put in order', so it literally means 'organization' and is like the English word 'organize'. That's why the name Tanzim fits a group set up to act together.