Turkish - Turkish
Definition of hi̇zb in Turkish Turkish dictionary
- (Osmanlı Dönemi) Cemaat
- (Osmanlı Dönemi) Âlim ve sâlih bir zâtın re'yine tâbi olup onunla bir gaye uğrunda beraber çalışanlar
- (Osmanlı Dönemi) Takın, kısım, fırka. Parti
- hizb
- (Osmanlı Dönemi) parti, grup
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English - English
Definition of hi̇zb in English English dictionary
- Hizb al- Nahdah
- (Arabic; "Renaissance Party") Tunisian political party founded in 1981 by Rachid al-Ghannouchi and Abdelfattah Mourou (Abd al-Fatt Mr) as the Islamic Tendency Movement. Its platform called for a fairer distribution of economic resources, the establishment of multiparty democracy, and the injection of more religiosity in daily life; it claims to seek these goals through non-violent means. After 1984 the party was reorganized to operate clandestinely as well as publicly; it took its current name in 1988. Though the government of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali has treated party members less harshly than did that of Habib Bourguiba, it remains illegal
- hizb ut-tahrir
- the most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia; advocates `pure' Islam and the creatioon of a worldwide Islamic state
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Turkish - English
Definition of hi̇zb in Turkish English dictionary
- hizb
- Group, party