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  Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad was formed in the Gaza Strip during the 1970s by Fathi Shaqaqi as a branch of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad often attempts to carry out attacks against Israeli targets on the anniversary of his death, although the identity of the assassins was never determined.
Islamic Jihad is alleged to have used women and teens as suicide bombers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad   (748 words)

  
 Islamic Jihad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Islamic Jihad (Arabic: حركة الجهاد الإسلامي‎, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami) is a terrorist Islamist group based in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
In the Western world, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad is the organization usually meant by the term "Islamic Jihad", due to the widespread media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Although other groups may claim Islamic Jihad as their name, the particular name Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) is the one used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or Pasdaran, as a cover name for state sanctioned terrorist operations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Islamic_Jihad   (319 words)

  
 Islamic Jihad: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The egyptian islamic jihad (eij), also called the islamic jihad and the jihad group, is an egyptian islamic group active since the late 1970s...
The moro islamic liberation front (milf) is an active islamic movement in the southern philippines....
East turkestan islamic movement is a militant islamic group which seeks to separate east turkestan from the peoples republic of china....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/is/islamic_jihad.htm   (1249 words)

  
 The Islamic Jihad: the Imperative of Holy War
According to the Islamic Jihad, Israel is the spearhead of the imperialist West in the center of the Muslim world; this pernicious factor must therefore be eliminated as the first step toward the return of all Muslims to the faith and the establishment of an Islamic state on all Muslim territory.
One indicator of the relative strength of Islamic Jihad activists in the territories was the success of the general strike called by the organization on December 6, 1992, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Intifada.
Islamic Jihad ideology, in which the "liberation of Palestine" is defined as the first and principal objective on the road to an Islamic revolution throughout the Middle East, has been a convenient basis for tight collaboration among Jihad groups in the territories and Jordan, and between them and Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization.
www.ict.org.il /articles/islamic.htm   (3849 words)

  
 Islamic Jihad definition - Zionism and Israel -Encyclopedia / Dictionary/Lexicon of Zionism/Israel/
Islamic Jihad (Al-Jihad al-Islami) is thought to have emerged as a nationalist splinter from the Muslim Brotherhood in 70s or 80s, arguing that the struggle against occupation had to precede spreading religious values in society.
According to the Islamic Jihad, a proper reading of the Quran and an ‎understanding of history would lead to the conclusion that Palestine is the focus ‎of the religio-historical confrontation between the Muslims and their eternal ‎enemies, the Jews.
Jihad is the only way to liberate Palestine, ‎since Muslim victory and the elimination of Israel are foreordained by God’s ‎words in the Quran.‎ Shiqaqi praised Ayatollah Khomeini for being the first Muslim leader to give ‎Palestine its proper place in his Islamic ideology.
www.zionism-israel.com /dic/Islamic_Jihad.htm   (2396 words)

  
 USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jihad should not be confused with Holy War; the latter does not exist in Islam nor will Islam allow its followers to be involved in a Holy War.
Jihad is not a war to force the faith on others, as many people think of it.
Jihad is not a defensive war only, but a war against any unjust regime.
www.usc.edu /dept/MSA/reference/glossary/term.JIHAD.html   (258 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: Islamic Jihad by Allison Weisberg
Islamic Jihad is a small terrorist group with a violent past.
In 1981, Islamic Jihad was expelled from Egypt by the government when it was discovered the group had close ties to the assassins of President Saddat.
Islamic Jihad is a radical group with radical ideas that do not mirror those of the greater Muslim world.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=7614   (1267 words)

  
 "Sponsoring Terrorism: Syria and Islamic Jihad" (November-December 2002)
Islamic Jihad operatives soon began training at Hezbollah camps in Lebanon, under the supervision of Iranian Revolutionary Guards stationed in the country, and carried out some joint operations with Hezbollah against Israeli forces in south Lebanon during the 1990s.
Although Islamic Jihad and Hamas were fierce rivals in the early years, after the signing of the 1993 Oslo Accords both joined the Damascus-based Alliance of Palestinian Forces (APF) and set aside their differences.
In 1995, Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for a deadly string of terrorist attacks, including twin suicide bombings in January that killed 22 Israelis in Beit-Lid, an attack in April that claimed eight lives in Kfar Darom, and a suicide bombing in August that killed five people in Jerusalem.
www.meib.org /articles/0211_s1.htm   (2533 words)

  
 The Jerusalem Post | UPFRONT
Leaders of Islamic Jihad were smiling this week upon learning that Israel had attacked one of their "training bases" in Syria.
ISLAMIC JIHAD is one of 10 different Palestinian organizations that have had bases and offices in Syria for the past two decades.
In February 1995, Islamic Jihad and Hamas carried out their first joint suicide attack at the Beit Lid junction, in which 21 soldiers and civilians were killed.
info.jpost.com /C003/Supplements/FSB/031010/art.04.html   (1055 words)

  
 Palestinian Islamic Jihad Islami
Under this name several radical Palestinian Islamic factions were active from 1979 on in the Territories, mainly under the influence of the Iranian Islamic revolution and the growing Islamic militancy in the region.
It was the first Palestinian Islamic group that staged a terrorist attack prior to the Intifada, by throwing hand grenades on Israeli soldiers and their families during a swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on October 15, 1986.
PIJ and Hamas (The Islamic Resistance Movement), a separate Palestinian terrorist organization, were regarded as rivals in the Gaza Strip until after the foundation of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in 1994 when Hamas adopted the strategy suicide terrorist bombings.
middleeastfacts.com /middle-east/palestinian-islamic-jihad-islami.php   (2167 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Egyptian Islamic Jihad
The Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), also called the Islamic Jihad and the Jihad Group, is an Egyptian Islamic group active since the late 1970s with origins in the Muslim Brotherhood.
The organization's primary goals are to overthrow the Egyptian Government and replace it with an Islamic state and to attack United States and Israeli interests in Egypt and abroad.
The original Jihad was responsible for the assassination in 1981 of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Egyptian_Islamic_Jihad   (336 words)

  
 Tthornton : al-Jihad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The broader interpretation of jihad as spiritual resistance against evil was denounced as a "fabricated tradition" invented to "reduce the value of fighting with the Sword, so as to distract the Muslims from fighting the infidels and the hypocrites." (paragraph 88).
Thus, "there is no doubt that the first battlefield for jihad is the extermination of these infidel leaders and to replace them by a complete Islamic Order" (paragraph 70).
Jihad organization members also made use of the sayings of Ibn Taymiyya in their rhetoric calling for Sadat's overthrow.
www.nmhschool.org /tthornton/jihadorgan.htm   (364 words)

  
 Terrorism - In the Spotlight: Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Nevertheless, the PIJ invokes the ideology of jihad (holy struggle) in its violent efforts to liberate Palestine "from the river to the sea" and eradicate the Israeli state.
The Jihad movements rejected the belief, prevalent in the Arab world at the time, that the unification of the Islamic world was a prerequisite for the liberation of Palestine.
The Islamic Jihad believes it is in the vanguard of a pan-Islamic revolution that began with the revolution in Iran.
www.cdi.org /terrorism/pij.cfm   (819 words)

  
 Jihad Watch
Because the West is facing a concerted effort by Islamic jihadists, the motives and goals of whom are largely ignored by the Western media, to destroy the West and bring it forcibly into the Islamic world -- and to commit violence to that end even while their overall goal remains out of reach.
The theology of jihad, which denies unbelievers equality of human rights and dignity, is available today for anyone with the will and means to bring it to life.
Jihad Watch is dedicated to bringing public attention to the role that jihad theology and ideology plays in the modern world, and to correcting popular misconceptions about the role of jihad and religion in modern-day conflicts.
www.jihadwatch.org   (7871 words)

  
 Jihad Watch: Islamic Jihad: No ceasefire in 2006
Islamic Jihad claimed it was committed to the truce in 2005, and that the attacks were retaliation for perceived Israeli truce violations.
In a statement Saturday, Islamic Jihad said: "We reaffirm that the official end of the truce agreed to in Cairo last March comes at midnight on Saturday." It was not clear whether the group would participate in talks on extending the cease-fire.
Interesting to note that Islamic Jihad -- an organization which is substantially supported by Iran -- rather than Hamas is leading the effort to sabotage any sort of ceasefire negotiations with Israel.
www.jihadwatch.org /archives/009626.php   (1570 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Middle East | Who are Islamic Jihad?
Islamic Jihad may be one of the best known names associated with Palestinian militancy, but it has always been a relatively small and shadowy organisation.
Jihad has claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks since the outbreak of the intifada in September 2000, ranging from armed infiltrations of Jewish settlements and ambushes to car bombs and suicide bombings on Israeli buses.
But Jihad cells have also resorted to less "conventional" terrorist tactics, such as the stoning to death of two 14-year-old boys abducted from a West Bank settlement in May 2001.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/1658443.stm   (785 words)

  
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In 1981, Islamic Jihad was expelled from Egypt by the government when it was discovered the group had close ties to the assassins of President Anwar Saddat.
Islamic Jihad's main base is in Damascus, which, along with Iran, gives the group its financial backing.
In 1993, an Islamic Jihad member successfully executed an attack on American soil: Ramzi Yousef, along with a cell of terrorists, drove a truck full of explosives into a parking garage of the World Trade Center and detonated it.
www.discoverthenetwork.org /groupProfile.asp?grpid=6957   (973 words)

  
 Palestinian Islamic Jihad
The PIJ is a radical Islamic terrorist organization actively conspiring to destroy the State of Israel and to replace it with an extremist Islamic Palestinian state.
It expresses the organization’s radical Islamic religious message, which seeks to destroy the State of Israel (referred to as “the full liberation of the Palestinian lands”) by means of an armed and uncompromising jihad (holy war) and to establish a religious Islamic Palestinian state in its place.
The Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 was an important factor in shaping the final form of the organization during 1980-1981.
www.intelligence.org.il /eng/sib/3_05/pji.htm   (4370 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Islamic Jihad’s armed wing, the al-Quds Brigades, announced Thursday it would accept the document of principles written up by Palestinian prisoners and initiated by jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, which called for establishing an independent Palestinian nation on the ’67 borders next to Israel.
The statement also suggests that Islamic Jihad is solely responsible for all terror attacks carried out in Israel in the past year, or since a cease fire was declared by the Palestinian organizations in March 2005.
In addition, the statement also indicates a willingness on the part of Islamic Jihad’s armed wing to accept the document of principles in its entirety, including the agreement on the establishment of a Palestinian state next to Israel and the recognition of the PLO and past agreements with Israel.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3257886,00.html   (578 words)

  
 Palestinian Political Parties and Organizations
Recently (2002) Islamic Jihad has been funding terror attacks and operations by other groups, including the Al-Aqsa brigades, apparently from sums received from Iran and funneled through the Lebanese Hisbulla.
The Islamic Jihad’s ideology blended Palestinian nationalist ideas with themes ‎drawn from three other sources: the ideology of the Muslim Brethren; patterns of ‎activity of the militant Islamist groups in Egypt; and, uniquely among Sunni ‎movements, the teachings of Ayatollah Khomeini, the Shi`i leader of the Islamic ‎revolution in Iran.‎
While Islamic Jihad preceded Hamas (established in 1988), it remained the ‎smaller of the two movements.
www.mideastweb.org /palestianparties.htm   (9731 words)

  
 What is Jihad - article by Daniel Pipes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jihad is thus unabashedly offensive in nature, with the eventual goal of achieving Muslim dominion over the entire globe.
But jihad's most ghastly present reality is in Sudan, where until recently the ruling party bore the slogan "Jihad, Victory and Martyrdom." For two decades, under government auspices, jihadists there have physically attacked non-Muslims, looted their belongings and killed their males.
Despite jihad's record as a leading source of conflict for 14 centuries, causing untold human suffering, academic and Islamic apologists claim it permits only defensive fighting, or even that it is entirely non-violent.
www.danielpipes.org /article/990   (1332 words)

  
 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
Founding Philosophy: The Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a violent offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni, Islamist, religious movement that originated in Egypt and seeks broad social, moral, and political reforms based upon Islam.
The PIJ is one faction within a loosely organized, highly secretive group of Islamic Jihad movements that span the Middle East.
Inspired by the Shi'a Islamic revolution in Iran, the PIJ blended Palestinian nationalism, Sunni Islamic fundamentalism, and Shi'a revolutionary thought into its ideological agenda, which stressed that Islamic unity could not be achieved until Israel was utterly annihilated and all of Palestine liberated.
www.tkb.org /Group.jsp?groupID=82   (794 words)

  
 Islamic Jihad-coming to a city near you   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Through this strategy many of the region’s dictators can ensure their own longevity as the "crimes" of the infidels are infinitely more heinous than those of their rulers.
Evidence of this could be seen in all the news footage covering the rioting and was made plain by an Islamic cleric from Syria, who insisted that an apology from the Danes was unacceptable and that only war would remedy the insult.
Those who believe that making concessions to radical Islam, attempting to eliminate poverty among Islamic nations and extending the hand of friendship to those who hate us are likely to have that hand chopped off.
www.canadafreepress.com /2006/klaus020906.htm   (597 words)

  
 An exegesis on 'Jihad in Islam'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jihad as warfare is a pivotal concern for the Qur’an, the Hadith and the Shari‘ah which we shall explore later in this essay.
Thus wherever an Islamic community exists which is a concrete example of the Divinely-ordained system of life, it has a God-given right to step forward and take control of the political authority so that it may establish the Divine system on earth, while it leaves the matter of belief to individual conscience.
Islamic scholar Dr. Abu Zayd Shalabi claimed in his book (page-75), in the ‘battle of Alees’ which took place on the border of Iraq, the great Islamic General Khalid killed 70,000 people.
www.secularislam.org /jihad/exegesis.htm   (4742 words)

  
 Islamic Jihad (Harpers.org)
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in a Sbarro restaurant in downtown Jerusalem; at least 18 people, including 6 children, were killed.
Sheikh Abdallah al-Shami of Islamic Jihad confirmed that his group had sent the bomber, and he said that Arafat can do nothing to stop such attacks: “The Palestinian Authority is broken; its institutions are destroyed,” he said.
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade responded to the summit with a joint attack on an Israeli military outpost in Gaza, killing four soldiers.
www.harpers.org /IslamicJihad.html   (466 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Quartet calls on Syria to expel Islamic Jihad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The so-called quartet, which has devised a road map to prod Israel and the Palestinians into a negotiated settlement, also condemned the bombing this week in the central Israeli town of Hadera in which five Israelis were killed.
Islamic Jihad, which is listed by the State Department as a terrorist organization, took responsibility for the attack and said it was in revenge for the slaying by Israeli troops of a leading Islamic Jihad militant.
Linking Islamic Jihad to other deadly bombings in Israel, as well, McCormack said "This is a terrorist group that is intent upon subverting progress that the Israelis and the Palestinians are attempting to make along the pathway to the shared goal of two states living side-by-side in peace and security."
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-10-28-quartet-syria_x.htm   (411 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: palestinian islamic jihad
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Were you a victim of the Palestinian terrorism in Israel?
Islamic Jihad terrorist Elias Ashkar, who masterminded the terror attack at in Tel Aviv last month, has been killed by the IDF.
Daniel Wultz, a 16-year-old from Weston, Florida, has died of wounds sustained in the April 17 Islamic Jihad suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
www.technorati.com /tag/palestinian+islamic+jihad   (461 words)

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