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Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Arabic: ألجماعه الاسلاميه) (Arabic for "the Islamic Group"; also transliterated Gamaat Islamiya, Jamaat al Islamiya, al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmiyah etc.) is a militant Egyptian Islamist movement that is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and Egyptian governments. The group is dedicated to the overthrow of the Egyptian government and replacing it with an Islamic state. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gama'at_Islamiya   (546 words)

SurvivalForum.com - U.S. eyes pilot with ties to al Qaeda However, the report stated that "a number of international terrorist groups including al Qaeda, the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Egyptian al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya, the Palestine Islamic Jihad, and Hamas continued to use Sudan as a safe haven, primarily for conducting logistics and other support activities." Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was based in Sudan until his expulsion from the country in 1996 and resettlement in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda cells in up to 60 nations are said to have authority to conduct terrorist attacks with relative autonomy from the leadership, according to U.S. intelligence officials. www.survivalforum.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=679   (694 words)

Blogger: Email Post to a Friend He says that since both "firms" (the Gamaa and his own al-Jihad al-Islami) are facing international monopoly capital (sharikat al-ihtikar ad-dawliyya), it is counterproductive to fight internally. Al-Zawahiri complains that "The Upper Egyptian Company" has ceased its commerce, a reference to the decision of the jailed leadership of the Islamic Grouping (al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya) to give up armed struggle after the disastrous 1997 shooting of dozens of tourists at Luxor. The Gamaa is famed for being disproportionately drawn from Asyut and other areas of Upper Egypt. www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=3463907&postID=86096682   (451 words)

Encyclopedia: Islamism Hassan al Banna, Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood Hassan al Banna (October 14, 1906 - February 12, 1949, Arabic: حسن البنا) was an Egyptian social and political reformer best known as founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Imam Hassan al Banna (October 14, 1906 - February 12, 1949) was an Egyptian Islamist best known as founder of the Muslim Brotherhood or Ikhwan ul Muslimeen or al-Ikhwan. Hitler addressing SA members in the late 1920s The Sturmabteilung (SA, German for Storm Division and is usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organisation of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Islamism   (7032 words)

Los Angeles Airport Gunman's Wife Denies Terror Ties (Hadayet - July 4) After the 4th of July attack, in order not to clash directly with the US authorities which refused to identify it as a terrorist assault, El Al and Israeli security spokesmen said that even if the Egyptian gunman was not a proven member of a terrorist group, his crime ranked as an act of terror. El Al asked Mercury to rearrange Hadayat’s shifts for periods when none of its planes were scheduled, which Mercury agreed to do. The Al Hayat report places Dr. Zuwahri in California unobserved less than three years before the 9/11 hijacking attacks in America and a year and a half before the Egyptair disaster (see first DEBKAfile story). freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/757114/posts   (1290 words)

Information Archive at NNYTech Al Qaida Al Qaida is the central component of a network of Sunni Islamic extremistgroups associated with Osama bin Laden, which functions as an umbrellaorganization, with branches in the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, andNorth America. Al Qaida is committed to overthrowing secular governments in= Islamic countries and using force to eliminate all Western influences insuch countries. In addition to links to= Al Qaida, the LeT also has links with the Taliban and other Islamicextremist groups throughout the Middle East, Chechnya, and the Philippines.= Al Qaida's close links to the LeT can be traced to their common training in= Afghan camps and in the 1980s jihad against the Soviets. infoarchive.net /sgroup/osint/3134/1   (5181 words)

al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya / Jama'a Islamia (Islamic Group, IG) The Gama’a never has specifically attacked a US citizen or facility but has threatened US interests. The group issued a cease-fire in March 1999, but its spiritual leader, Shaykh Umar Abd al- Rahman—sentenced to life in prison in January 1996 for his involvement in the World Trade Center bombing of 1993 and incarcerated in the United States—rescinded his support for the cease-fi re in June 2000. At its peak the IG probably commanded several thousand hard-core members and a like number of sympathizers. www.fas.org /irp/world/para/ig.htm   (534 words)

The Arabist » Iran hands over Islamist to Egypt According to some news reports — basing their stories on the London-based Islamist cabal — Iran has handed over Mustafa Hamza, a former member of the Gamaa Islamiya who was involved in the 1995 attempt on Hosni Mubarak’s life in Addis Abeba. Finally, there have been stories that have made the appalling mistake of calling Hamza a Muslim Brotherhood leader rather than a Gamaa Islamiya leader. They also call him the head of the Brotherhood, which he is not (and he isn’t the head of the Gamaa Islamiya, either). arabist.net /archives/2004/12/07/iran-hands-over-islamist-to-egypt/trackback   (729 words)

al qaedas philosophy - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library At Gardez, in contrast, al Qaeda forces appear to be driven by their...limit the spread of bin Ladens corrosive philosophy. Al Qaedas fantasy ideology: war without Clausewitz...this fact gave to the event -- in terms of al Qaedas fantasy ideology -- an even greater poignancy...drama MOST OF OUR misunderstandings of al Qaedas goals have come about for one fundamental... ...rest of the world the true evil of Al Qaedas philosophy, to expose bin Laden and his lieutenants...This is one reason, of course, why Al Qaeda members never came out with...criminal trial would strip bare their philosophy and reduce the accused to the harsh... www.questia.com /search/al-qaeda's-philosophy   (1510 words)

Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya Rushdi is the Gama'a media official and lives in the Netherlands, where he publishes the Gama'a publication 'Al-Murabitoun' (Vigilant Warriors). According to Egyptian security sources Gama'a units working in the south of Egypt were working independently without coordination with their political leadership in what they called "a military coup." Several weeks later two statements - one vowing to halt attacks on foreign tourists and a second denying that such a decision had been made - were issued in the name of the Gama'a al-Islamiyya. www.ict.org.il /inter_ter/orgdet.cfm?orgid=12   (1452 words)

premshankarjha.com They know that the instructions to Al Gamaa al Islamiyya in Egypt for the assassination bids on President Mubarak and some of his ministers in 1993 and 1994 came from Peshawar. What the Clinton administration did not want to admit was that the terrorists who operated to the west of Pakistan were kith and kin to the so-called freedom fighters of Al Faran and the Harkat-ul-Ansar, who were operating in Kashmir. They know that Pakistan has systematically nurtured the Jihadis who have targeted the US in the past. www.premshankarjha.com /articles/articles_o_93.html   (879 words)

09499 British police have arrested Yasser al-Siri [yah-SER al SER] of the Egyptian radical group al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya [al jeh-MAH al islah-MEE-YAH], who is implicated in the assassination of Afghan opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massoud. www.ibb.gov /editorials/09499.htm   (295 words)

ModBlog - Crime, Intelligence, Terrorism & Technology Taha, the Gamaa al-Islamiyya ringleader of the assassination attempt. A Taha disavowal would be one in the eye for al Qaeda. in the al Qaeda hierarchy and the equal of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the osinfo.modblog.com /?show=blogview&blog_id=376206   (697 words)

Iran Blew Up Jewish Center in Argentina, Defector Says Al Qeada and Argentina (and Hezbollah and Imad Mugniyah) Bin Laden also established legal businesses in Sudan, farms, a tannery, and a construction firm, to increase his available funds, and as fronts for al Qaeda camps he was organizing there. 1992 : (HIZBALLAH, IRAN, BIN LADEN, AL QEADA) Osama bin Laden made a proposal to his rivals in the pro-Iran Shiite terrorist organization Hizballah that they set aside their differences, so that they can cooperate in a common objective of killing United States troops stationed in Asia and Africa. www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/720088/posts   (6248 words)

Robert Spencer on Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet on National Review Online "There is absolutely nothing in Islam that justifies the claim of Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda or other similar groups to kill innocent civilians. To hear PBS tell it, Muslims are just Methodists with hats and beards. www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-spencer121902.asp   (1350 words)

Fustat: CNN documentary on democracy in Egypt today The documntary was interesting, nothing new, but all my feelings of anthipathy toward the political system in Egypt that reached its peak on black wednesday, came back when the now al to familiar images reapeared on the tv-screen. Release of leaders and members of Jihad and al Gamáa al Islamiyya Of course what happend on 25th of May, was nothing unique, the scenario has happend both before and after,but to hear and see one of the women bear witness of what happend to her, is something else than reading about it. fustat.blogspot.com /2005/11/cnn-documentary-on-democracy-in-egypt.html   (416 words)

A mosque for ex-Nazis became center of radical Islam Founded in 1920s Egypt as a social-reform movement, the Brotherhood became the fountainhead of political Islam, which calls for the Muslim religion to dominate all aspects of life. A powerful force for political change throughout the Muslim world, the Brotherhood also inspired some of the deadliest terrorist movements of the past quarter century, including Hamas and al Qaeda. The bank has been identified by investigators in several Western countries as having links to terrorism. www.post-gazette.com /pg/05193/536684.stm   (5399 words)

Worldandnation: Britain charges Egyptian in killing of anti-Taliban leader Camille Tawil, a reporter with the London Arabic newspaper Al Hayat, said el-Sirri told him he was shocked by the news. In an interview before his arrest, el-Sirri denied involvement in Massood's death. www.sptimes.com /News/103101/Worldandnation/Britain_charges_Egypt.shtml   (614 words)

What's new csmonitor.com Prosecutors say the 11 were working on behalf of al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya, the Islamic Group responsible for the 1997 massacre of tourists at the ancient site of Luxor. The group met in a Cairo-area house owned by Nasser Abdel Al, the leader and a teacher in a religious institute, and included eight students and two government employees, police say. Full HTML version of this story which may include photos, graphics, and related links www.csmonitor.com /2003/0805/p12s02-legn.htm   (319 words)

FrontPage magazine.com :: Al-Qaeda's Armies by Jamie Glazov Al-Shamari stated that his division of the Mukhabarat provided weapons to Ansar, "mostly mortar rounds." Al-Shamari added that the Mukhabarat also helped finance Ansar al Islam "every month or two months," providing hundreds of thousands of dollars. My first question to al-Shamari was whether he, as an agent of Saddam's secret police, had been involved in the operations of Ansar al Islam, the small al-Qaeda affiliate group that had been active on the Iranian border leading up to the He spoke in Arabic, and I understood most of what he told me. I also had a translator with me. www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17241   (1871 words)

BreakingNews.ie: Two militants jailed over Sadat killing are released In the late 1990s, it merged with the al Qaida group, led by Osama bin Laden, which is blamed for the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US. The Egyptian group Jihad is not related to the Palestinian group of the same name. Islamic Jihad was the principal militant group behind the assassination. breaking.tcm.ie /2005/11/08/story229333.html   (563 words)

Chicago Tribune Blair urges Britain to stand fast in war on terrorism Yasser Serri, 38, whose Islamic Observation Center serves as propaganda arm of Islamic fundamentalist groups, was also accused of soliciting support for a banned Egyptian extremist organization, al Gamaa al-Islamiyya, fund-raising for a terrorist group, and publishing material intended to incite racial hatred. Serri's Islamic Observation Center is alleged to have provided letters of accreditation to two suicide bombers who posed as journalists to get access to Massood in order to kill him. Also on Tuesday, the British government formally charged an Egyptian exile with conspiring to murder the military leader of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance, Ahmed Shah Massood, two days before the Sept. 11 attacks. www.chicagotribune.com /news/local/sns-worldtrade-1030blair-lat,0,2074448.story   (678 words)

Weekend News Today Taliban and Al Qaeda rebels have been launching increasingly bold assaults in recent months, raiding police stations, killing aid workers and confronting U.S. troops in growing numbers. Mon Sep 29,2003 -- Speculation is that a storm-tossed tree branch that hit Swiss power lines helped trigger a massive blackout in almost all of Italy on Sunday, trapping thousands on trains and forcing the pope to use a backup generator to proclaim his new cardinals. An additional 11,500-member U.S.-led coalition is also present in the country and is focused on battling Taliban and Al Qaeda insurgents. www.upway.com /cgi-bin/readnews.cgi?day=03_09_29&item=   (4233 words)

Egyptian activist charged in military chief's death Camille Tawil, a reporter with the London-based Arabic newspaper Al Hayat, said el-Sirri told him he was shocked by the news. In an interview just before his arrest, el-Sirri denied involvement in Massood's death. web.dailycamera.com /news/terror/oct01/31aegyp.html   (766 words)

Islamic militants claim responsibility for Egyptian temple massacre "Al-Gamaa al- Islamiyya will continue its military operations as long as the regime does not respond to our demands," it said. It also said _ despite a recent offer of a cease-fire by some al-Gamaa members _ that the group would continue its battle. www.recordonline.com /1997/11-18-97/lateatta.htm   (776 words)

The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Syrians deliver Saddam's feared half-brother to Iraq However, al -Hassan was among the family members marginalized by Saddam in late 1995 and early 1996 in the wake of a botched coup attempt and the defection of two cousins to Jordan. He was given a post as a presidential adviser, the last position he held in Saddam's government. Internationally, al-Hassan's name was linked to attempts to sell looted Kuwaiti treasure. seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002192172_iraq28.html   (1048 words)

Deja News - Infoseek Results Osama, the U.S. has been openly threatened by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani leader of the Harkat-ul Ansar, by the Al Gamaa-al-Islamiyya and the Islamic Jihad, and by other extreme organisations of the so-called World Islamic front formed last February. It was left to Al Gumhuriya to report from Cairo after the Egyptian Embassy blast that there were still 2,800 Egyptian veterans of the Afghan war living in Pakistan. A group called the Islamic Group, (Al Gamma'a al Islamiyya) emerged and in no time became the most feared and despised group in the country for its insensate xenophobia. rocchio.syr.edu /data/ORION/egypt.Terrs.mubarak.indian_view.html   (2885 words)

John Montgomery Presents - The Creep of the Week - 11/22/97 - Six Egyptian Gunmen They were members of al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya (Egyptian for "Gimme Al's Salami") who were trying to force the United States to free their spiritual leader, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman (pictured at left). Al and Dan snickering at him during commercials The Sheik, who looks like a ZZ Top member playing Santa Claus, is in jail for plotting to blow up New York landmarks like the United Nations and the World Trade Center. www.johnmonty.com /cotw/cw971122.htm   (467 words)

Egyptian government openly discriminates the Christians of Egypt Attacks by Islamist terrorist group al Gamaa al-Islamiyya halted the original church’s construction in 1978. Al-Gamaa members, unhindered by the local police force, set fire to the church structure and looted Coptic homes and businesses. Parishioners are forced to conduct their religious ceremonies—including baptisms, weddings, and funerals—on the street. www.copts.net /detail.asp?id=589   (704 words)

Keyword Egyptian-born Mamdouh Habib, who was detained in Pakistan in October 2001 as a suspected al Qaeda trainer, alleges that while under Egyptian detention he was hung by his arms from hooks, repeatedly shocked, nearly drowned and brutally beaten,... Although these officials believe a number of "significant" al Qaeda figures were killed in the attack, there is no evidence so far that al-Zawahiri was among them. The railway bombings killed 190 people and injured more than 2,000 and were blamed on Islamic militants with possible links to al Qaeda. www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/k-egyptian/browse   (5410 words)

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