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Definition of People against gangsterism and drugs

1. Noun. A terrorist organization in South Africa formed in 1996 to fight drug lords; evolved into a vigilante group with anti-western views closely allied with Qibla; is believed to have ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East; is suspected of conducting bouts of urban terrorism.

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Literary usage of People against gangsterism and drugs

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

1. State of the Nation: South Africa 2004-2005 by John Daniel, Roger Southall, Jessica Lutchman (2005)
"From its hesitant birth on the streets of the Cape Flats in mid-1996, People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) evolved into a powerful entity that ..."

2. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"Members of the group People Against Gangsterism, and Drugs (PAGAD) complained that they were the targets of police brutality. PAGAD is an Islamic-oriented ..."

3. Human Rights Watch World Report 1997 by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch Staff (1996)
"In Cape Town, gang violence led to the emergence of a vigilante response in the form of a group calling itself People Against Gangsterism and Drugs, ..."

4. Behind the Mask: Getting to Grips with Crime and Violence in South Africa by Tony Emmett, Alexander Butchart (2000)
"... People against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) This appears to have been the case with PAGAD, for example, where the struggle between PAGAD and gangs on ..."

5. The Development Decade?: Economic and Social Change in South Africa, 1994-2004 by Vishnu Padayachee (2006)
"Further, some social movements, such as the Palestine Solidarity Committee and People Against Gangsterism and Drugs, draw largely from particular religious ..."

6. Unequal Protection: The State Response to Violent Crime on South African Farms by Human Rights Watch (Organization)., Human Rights Watch (Organization (2001)
"... (discussed above) or People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), a largely urban Western Cape group, rapidly becoming as much of a problem to society ..."

7. The State of the People: Citizens, Civil Society and Governance in South by Bert Klandermans, Marlene Roefs, Johan Olivier (2001)
"Here the anti-crime movement, People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) initially represented a powerful expression of the vigilante tradition, ..."

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