Egyptian Islamic Jihad
- proper noun
- NSFW
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Yihad Islámico Egipcio
- The only real success during this period was al Qaeda's mid-2001 merger with Egyptian Islamic Jihad, led by Ayman al-Zawahiri, now al Qaeda's second-in-command.
Examples
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Egyptian Islamic Jihad played a crucial role in the assassination of President Anwar Sadat in 1981 for making peace with Israel.
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The merger was possible thanks to Egyptian Islamic Jihad's weakened position and its reliance on bin Laden for money.
Academic text (2011) -
Al Qaeda seems to have favored the seniority argument, and after its merger with Egyptian Islamic Jihad, it could, rather dubiously, present itself as the senior militant group.
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In the 1980s, Egyptian Islamic Jihad increased its influence by conducting a series of violent attacks against the Egyptian government.
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Members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad are known for their extreme tactics aimed at establishing an Islamic state in Egypt.
Synonyms
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A secret group in Egypt that used violence to try to create an Islamic state
An Islamic extremist group in Egypt that used violence to try to set up an Islamic state
A secret armed group in Egypt that wants to replace the government with a strict Islamic state
Surface Forms
Morphology
The name is directly compositional: 'Egyptian' (from Egypt) + 'Islamic' (relating to Islam) + 'jihad' (religious struggle/war) so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it denotes an Egyptian Islamic movement engaged in jihad (i.e., a militant or religious struggle). The referent is a proper name for a specific organization, but the basic meaning is predictable from the parts and parallels exist across languages, making it readily comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Egyptian Islamic Jihad comes from three simple parts: Egyptian means they were from Egypt, Islamic shows they followed Islam, and Jihad is a word for 'struggle' or 'fight'. They used this name because they were a small armed group trying to replace Egypt's government, so the name tells you who they were and what they wanted.