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al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya

al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya

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A political group from Egypt with strict Islamic beliefs that uses violence
  • proper noun
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  • The Egyptian government banned al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya after several deadly attacks in the 1990s.

Examples

  • Reports suggest that al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya has maintained a presence in Egyptian prisons.

  • The group al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya was founded in Egypt.

  • Members of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya were involved in the assassination of President Anwar Sadat.

  • Many believe that al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya has been involved in violent acts.

  • The militant group al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya was responsible for numerous attacks against state institutions in Egypt.

  • In the 1990s, al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya gained notoriety for its violent campaigns against the Egyptian government.

  • Scholars often analyze the ideologies that drive organizations like al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya to understand their impact on regional stability.

Synonyms

Islamic Group
vsal-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
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An armed organization from Egypt that uses violence for political and religious aims

is the same group expressed under a different name

Surface Forms

al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya main

Morphology

al-Gama'a + al-Islamiyya

The phrase is compositionally built from Arabic constituents meaning roughly 'the group' (al-Gama'a) + 'the Islamic/Islamist' (al-Islamiyya), so a learner who knows those parts can readily infer 'an Islamic group' or 'Islamist group'. The specific nuance that it is a militant or terrorist organization is extra-world knowledge not encoded in the morphology, but the basic referential meaning is transparently derivable and follows common noun + modifier patterns found cross-linguistically.

Etymology

Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya comes from Arabic: al-Gama'a means 'the group' and al-Islamiyya means 'Islamic'. The name shows it began as a group focused on Islam, so today the name refers to 'a militant Islamist organization' in Egypt.