Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ansar_al_islam

1 sense of ansar al islam

Sense 1
Ansar al Islam, Ansar al-Islam, Supporters of Islam -- (a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein)
       INSTANCE OF=> terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO -- (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)