Definition of Al faran

1. Noun. An Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Al Faran

Akwa'ala
Al
Al-Andalus
Al-Anon
Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham
Al-Hudaydah
Al-Iraq
Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya
Al-Magrib
Al-Mukalla
Al-Nakba
Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language
Al-hakim
Al Alamayn
Al Capone
Al Faran
Al Gore
Al Hijrah
Al Jazeera
Al Jolson
Al Madinah
Al Nathir
Al Qahira
Al Qanoon
Al Tawhid
Ala.
Alaafin
Alaafins
Alaba-K'abeena
Alaba-K’abeena

Literary usage of Al faran

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Human Rights Watch World Report 1997 by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch Staff (1996)
"There was no word on the fate of four foreigners kidnapped by the Al- Faran militant group in July 1995. Problems of impunity plagued the investigation into ..."

2. Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1997 edited by Christopher W. Ross (1998)
"... to the Kashmiri militant group Al-Faran that kidnapped five Western tourists in Kashmir in July 1995; one was killed in August 1995, and the other four ..."

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