Islamic Jihad (Arabic: حركة الجهاد الإسلامي‎, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami) is a terrorist Islamist group based in the Syrian capital, Damascus. See: Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... This article is about political Islamism. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Damascus by night, pictured from Jabal Qasioun; the green spots are minarets Damascus (Arabic: ‎ translit: Also commonly: الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. ... The emblem of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad shows a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) superimposed on the images of the Dome of the Rock, two fists and two rifles. ...

Islamic Jihad is also a name used by various other terrorist groups. Since 1983, when a group calling itself "Islamic Jihad" claimed the April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut, it has been used by several other organizations. Hezbollah is believed to have used the name in the 1980s to claim responsibility for terror attacks in Lebanon, parts of the Middle East, and Europe. There is also the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and the Yemeni Islamic Jihad. The April 18, 1983, suicide bombing of the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon was the deadliest attack on a US displomatic mission to that time, and is seen by some as marking the beginning of anti-US attacks by Islamic groups. ... Central Beirut Beirut (Arabic: ‎ translit: ) is the capital, largest city, and chief seaport of Lebanon. ... The Hezbollah flag Hezbollah (Arabic ‮حزب الله‬, meaning Party of God) is a Shia Islamist group in Lebanon founded in 1982 to fight the Israeli occupation in southern Lebanon. ... MacGyver - 1980s hero The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... The Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), also called the Islamic Jihad and the Jihad Group, is an Egyptian Islamic group active since the late 1970s with origins in the Muslim Brotherhood. ...

In the Western world, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad is the organization usually meant by the term "Islamic Jihad", due to the widespread media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This organisation is led by Sheikh Abbdullah Ramadan Shallah, University of Durham alumnus and former University of Florida staff member.[1] The term Western world or the West can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ... The emblem of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad shows a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) superimposed on the images of the Dome of the Rock, two fists and two rifles. ... Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip are at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ... Durham University is a university in England. ... The University of Florida (also known as Florida or UF) is a public university and land-grant institution located in Gainesville, Florida. ...

Although other groups may claim Islamic Jihad as their name, the particular name Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) is the one used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or Pasdaran, as a cover name for state sanctioned terrorist operations. The order for the April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing most likely originated high up in the Iranian authority, and the IJO made the claim that they carried out the embassy bombing¹. Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (Persian سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی - Sepah Pasdaran Enghaleb Islam-e), often shortened to Revolutionary Guards, or called by its Persian name Sepah, translated to English as Pasdaran, is a military organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ... The April 18, 1983, suicide bombing of the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon was the deadliest attack on a US displomatic mission to that time, and is seen by some as marking the beginning of anti-US attacks by Islamic groups. ...

Note

Islam is a religion and in no means should it ever be associated with terrorism it is not to be confused with the word Jihad. Perhaps it would be better to label the terrorists as Jihad extremists. Not Islamic Jihad.

References

• Note 1: Baer, Robert. 2002. See No Evil Three Rivers Press, New York, New York.

Robert Baer, also known as Bob Baer (born July 1, 1952), is an author and former case officer at the CIA. Reared in Aspen, Colorado, Robert Baer aspired to become a professional skier. ... See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIAs War Against Terrorism is a 2003 memoir by Robert Baer, a former CIA operative. ...

See also

• Jihad
• Terrorism
• Islamic Terrorism