1. An Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells
   "Egyptian Islamic Jihad was responsible for several terrorist attacks in Egypt";
   - al-Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest

Type of: foreign terrorist organisation [Brit], foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organisation [Brit], terrorist organization

Encyclopedia: Egyptian Islamic Jihad