al-jihad
- n 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
al-ma'unah
- n a radical insurgent Islamist group consisting of disaffected middle-class professionals in Malaysia who want to overthrow the government by violent means and set up an Islamic state
al-magrib
- n a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956