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  • Ms. Gannon writes that the Taliban leader Mullah Omar got his start fighting under Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi and his party, the Harakat-i-Inqilab-i-Islami (which she identifies as the Harakat-e Islami group).

    Mullah Omar's Complex Career 2009

  • Now, Saeed is closely linked to two banned hard-line Islamic groups here in Pakistan, one called Harakat ul-Mujahedeen, the other, Jaish-e-Mohammed.

    CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2002 2002

  • The Islamic Resistance Movement (in Arabic, Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya ” hence Hamas) remains powerful, but nearly four years after winning the 2006 elections, and two years after its gunmen overpowered Palestinian Authority (PA) forces to seize control of the strip, Hamas no longer acts like an opposition suddenly thrust into power.

    Which Way for Hamas? Pelham, Nicolas 2009

  • Of course, it is impossible to know who exactly is operating the Twitter account, HSMPress, which refers to the Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahedeen, or Movement of Holy Warrior Youth, the Shabab's full name.

    NYT > Home Page By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN 2011

  • It's low season in Kenya, so the Tebbutts were the only guests in the resort, which may have helped the perpetrators - either pirates from across the border, or Islamic extremists known as Harakat al-Shabab al Mujahideen, a Somali terrorist group.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • A previously unknown group called Harakat al-Nahda wal-Islah the Movement for Renewal and Reform last week belatedly claimed responsibility for the March 23 kidnapping and sent copies of ID cards for three of the Estonians to a Lebanese internet news site.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • It's low season in Kenya, so the Tebbutts were the only guests in the resort, which may have helped the perpetrators - either pirates from across the border, or Islamic extremists known as Harakat al-Shabab al Mujahideen, a Somali terrorist group.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • One Pakistani officer, referred to in US legal documents as "Individual A," is said to have acted as Headley's link to Let and another group called Harakat ul - Jihad Islami, both of which are associated with al-Qaeda.

    Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?) 2009

  • In 'Harakat' (movement for Deen) there is Barakat (Blessing of Allaah).

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows ismaileliat 2009

  • According to the Times, U.S. analysts have determined that Harakat commanders had called Pakistani intelligence officials, but there was no "smoking gun" proving Pakistan's spy agency had a role in protecting bin Laden.

    Report: Phone Offers Clues to bin Laden's Pakistan Links 2011

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