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, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest
    
2. A Shiite Islamic political and paramilitary organization based in Lebanon
   - Hizballah, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Lebanese Hizballah, Party of God, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth [Brit], Organisation of the Oppressed on Earth, Revolutionary Justice Organisation [Brit]

Derived forms: Islamic Jihads

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

Encyclopedia: Islamic Jihad