Army of the Pure
- noun
- Offensive
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Lashkar-e-Taiba
- The Army of the Pure has been designated a terrorist organization by several countries.
Examples
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The Army of the Pure has been involved in numerous attacks in Kashmir.
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Reports indicate that the Army of the Pure operates training camps across the region.
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Authorities suspect that the Army of the Pure was involved in the attack on military posts in Kashmir.
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Why does the Army of the Pure continue its violent campaign?
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Authorities suspect that the Army of the Pure was involved in the attack on military posts in Kashmir.
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The Army of the Pure has been designated a terrorist organization by several countries.
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Reports indicate that the Army of the Pure operates training camps across the region.
Synonyms
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An armed group from Pakistan that uses violence in Kashmir and against India
An Islamic militant group in Pakistan that attacks in Kashmir and India
An armed group from Pakistan that attacks India to try to make the country follow Islamic law
A militant Islamist group from Pakistan that carries out terrorist attacks mainly in Kashmir
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally transparent at the word level — 'army' + 'of the' + 'pure' yields the literal sense 'an army composed of the pure', so learners could infer a group with moral or religious purity. However, as a proper name for the militant organization Lashkar-e-Toiba and its specific political/violent aims, the full referential and socio-political meaning is not predictable from the constituents alone. Because the basic idea is inferable but the real-world, ideologically loaded referent is not, this is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
The name Army of the Pure is the English form of the group's original name, where Army means a fighting group and Pure means 'clean' in a moral or religious way. That clear image of a fighting group calling itself 'pure' helps explain why the phrase is used today for that militant organization.