| AIM | Armed Islamic Movement (also known as the International Legion of Islam) |
| CDLR | Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights (a London-based Saudi Islamist organization) |
| DRA | Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
| IALHP | Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Places |
| IAPC | Islamic Arab Peoples’ Conference (became PAIC) |
| IMB | International Muslim Brotherhood |
| IRGC | Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (sometimes called by the Persian name Pasdaran) |
| ISI | Interservice Intelligence (Pakistani intelligence) |
| PAIC | Popular Arab and Islamic Conference (originally called IAPC) |
| PDRY | People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) |
| PIO | Popular International Organization |
| PRC | People’s Republic of China |
| UCK | Kosovo Liberation Army (also known as KLA) |
| VEVAK | Persian acronym for Iranian intelligence |
| YAR | Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) |
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
Islamic Change Movement—the Jihad Wing in Arabian Peninsula (sometimes referred to only as Islamic Change Movement)
World Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders