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Al Qanoon

Al Qanoon

9.9
A terrorist group formed in Pakistan in 2002 from several extremist groups that used violence
  • proper noun
  • Offensive
: grupo terrorista Al Qanoon
  • The group Al Qanoon was formed in 2002.

Examples

  • International intelligence agencies have monitored Al Qanoon due to its links with multiple terrorist groups.

  • The government announced new sanctions on Al Qanoon and its members.

  • Al Qanoon was involved in numerous attacks across South Asia in the early 2000s.

  • Many countries have condemned Al Qanoon for its violent actions.

  • Al Qanoon was involved in numerous attacks across South Asia in the early 2000s.

  • International intelligence agencies have monitored Al Qanoon due to its links with multiple terrorist groups.

  • Many countries have condemned Al Qanoon for its violent actions.

Synonyms

Lashkar-e-Omar
vsAl Qanoon
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A coalition of armed groups that formed in Pakistan in 2002 and use violence for political and religious goals

is the same group but uses an alternate name form

Surface Forms

Al Qanoon main

Morphology

Al + Qanoon

This is a proper name (named entity) composed of non-English elements ('Al' and 'Qanoon' are not given English definitions here), so a B1 learner who only knows the literal constituents as English words would not be able to derive the meaning 'a terrorist organization'. The referential, language-specific and encyclopedic nature of the term makes its meaning dependent on world knowledge rather than compositional word meanings, so it is opaque to learners.

Etymology

Al Qanoon is a name from Arabic: Al means 'the' and Qanoon means 'law' or 'rule'. Groups sometimes pick a name like this to sound like a strong authority, so the name helps explain why this group, formed from several armed extremist groups, wanted to seem powerful.