JI

noun

a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia

• Syn: ↑Jemaah Islamiyah, ↑Islamic Group, ↑Islamic Community, ↑Malaysian Mujahidin Group, ↑Malaysia Militant Group

• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act

• Regions: ↑Malaysia, ↑Malaya

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO