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Soldiers of Egypt, the Glossary

Index Soldiers of Egypt

Soldiers of Egypt or Ajnad Misr was a Salafist Islamist militant group that has been operating near Cairo, Egypt.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: Ain Shams, Ain Shams University, Anniversary, Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, Cairo, Cairo Metro, Cairo University, Central Security Forces, Egypt, Egyptian National Police, Giza, Giza Governorate, Heliopolis Palace, Heliopolis, Cairo, Helwan, Helwan University, January 2014 Cairo bombings, List of designated terrorist groups, Mohandiseen, Nasr City, Rabaa massacre, Salafi jihadism, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, Terrorism Act 2000, Timeline of terrorism in Egypt (2013–present), Transmission tower, United Kingdom, United States Department of State, Zamalek, 2011 Egyptian revolution, 6th of October (city).

  2. Jihadist groups in Egypt
  3. Organisations of the Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014)
  4. Organizations based in Africa designated as terrorist
  5. Organizations designated as terrorist by Egypt

Ain Shams

Ain Shams (also spelled Ayn or Ein - عين شمس,, ⲱⲛ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲫⲣⲏ) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.

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Ain Shams University

Ain Shams University (جامعة عين شمس) is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt.

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Anniversary

An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event.

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Ansar Bait al-Maqdis

Ansar Bait al-Maqdis (ABM; Holy House), or Ansar Al-Quds, was a jihadist, extremist terrorist group based in Sinai from 2011 to 2014. Soldiers of Egypt and Ansar Bait al-Maqdis are jihadist groups in Egypt, Organisations designated as terrorist by the United Kingdom, Organisations of the Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014), organizations based in Africa designated as terrorist, organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist and organizations designated as terrorist by Egypt.

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Cairo

Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.

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Cairo Metro

The Cairo Metro (Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah, lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or مترو الأنفاق) is a rapid transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt.

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Cairo University

Cairo University (translit) is Egypt's premier public university.

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Central Security Forces

The General Security and Central Security Forces (Quwwāt al-Amn al- Amm wa Quwwāt al-Amn al-Markazī, often shortened to Al-Amn al-Markazī) is an Egyptian SWAT force which is responsible for assisting the Egyptian National Police (ENP) for the security of governmental fixed sites, foreign embassies & missions, riots & crowds control, publicly crowded events, high risk arrests, disaster response and SWAT operations.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Egyptian National Police

Egyptian National Police or ENP is a department of the Ministry of Interior of Egypt.

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Giza

Giza (sometimes spelled Gizah, Gizeh, Geeza, Jiza; al-Jīzah,, الجيزة) is the third-largest city in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo.

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Giza Governorate

Giza Governorate (محافظة الجيزة) is one of the governorates of Egypt.

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Heliopolis Palace

The Heliopolis Palace (قصر رئاسة الجمهورية,, "Palace of the Presidency of the Republic" or قصر الاتحادية, "Federation Palace") is one of the five Egyptian presidential palaces and residences, the others being Abdeen Palace, Koubbeh Palace, Montaza Palace and Ras El Tin Palace, for the executive office of the President of Egypt.

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Heliopolis, Cairo

Heliopolis (مصر الجديدة,,, "New Egypt") was an early 20th century suburb outside Cairo, Egypt, which has since merged with Cairo and is administratively divided into the districts of Masr El Gedida and El Nozha in the Eastern Area.

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Helwan

Helwan (حلوان,, Halwan) is a suburban district in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt.

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Helwan University

Helwan University is a public university based in Helwan, Egypt, which is part of Greater Cairo on over.

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January 2014 Cairo bombings

On 24 and 25 January 2014 a series of bombs exploded in Greater Cairo.

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List of designated terrorist groups

Several national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist.

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Mohandiseen

Mohandiseen ("The Engineers") is a major 1940s sub-division project originally named Madinat al-Awqaf, and made up most of the Wasat (middle) district in the city of Giza, before being divided in 1997 into the districts of Agouza (covers most of the district) and Dokki (Covers half of the district).

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Nasr City

Nasr City (مدينة نصر) forms two of the nine districts of the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.

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Rabaa massacre

On 14 August 2013, the Egyptian police (and to a lesser extent the armed forces), under the command of then-Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, used lethal force to “disperse” two camps of protesters in Cairo: one at al-Nahda Square and a larger one at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square.

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Salafi jihadism

Salafi jihadism, also known as revolutionary Salafism or jihadist Salafism, is a religious-political Sunni Islamist ideology that seeks to establish a global caliphate, characterized by the advocacy of "physical" (military) jihadist attacks on non-Muslim targets.

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Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of democratic transitions in the Middle East through analysis, advocacy, and action.

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Terrorism Act 2000

The Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) is the first of a number of general Terrorism Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Timeline of terrorism in Egypt (2013–present)

In July 2013, at the same time as mass protests began against the 3 July coup d'état which deposed Mohamed Morsi, and in parallel with the escalation of the already ongoing jihadist insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula, pro-Muslim Brotherhood militants started violent attacks against policemen and soldiers in central and western Egypt.

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Transmission tower

A transmission tower (also electricity pylon, hydro tower, or pylon) is a tall structure, usually a lattice tower made of steel that is used to support an overhead power line.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

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Zamalek

Zamalek (الزمالك, al zamalek) is a qism (ward) within the West District (hayy gharb) in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt.

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2011 Egyptian revolution

The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January Revolution (translit), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt.

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6th of October (city)

6th of October (label; ستة اكتوبر) is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt.

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See also

Jihadist groups in Egypt

Organisations of the Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014)

Organizations based in Africa designated as terrorist

Organizations designated as terrorist by Egypt

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldiers_of_Egypt

Also known as Ajnad Misr.