al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya
Organization·ngo·AI Enriched
Relationships:1
Events:0
Library:3
Confidence:
93%
Key Facts
Type
Organization
Sector
ngo
Industry
Not specified
Status
Draft
Country
Egypt
Headquarters
Cairo, Egypt
Founded
Invalid Date
Dissolved
Active
Also Known As
Gama'a al-IslamiyyaIslamic GroupIGal-Jama'at al-IslamiyyaEl Gama'a El Islamiyya
Tags
Islamist movementmilitant groupterrorist organizationjihadist network
Overall Confidence
93%
Internal Notes
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Key Information
Leadership
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Positions
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About
An Egyptian Sunni Islamist movement founded in the 1970s as a student-based organization on university campuses, which evolved into a militant group active in the late 1970s and 1980s. It aimed to overthrow the Egyptian government and establish an Islamic state, and was later linked to global jihadist networks.
Key Relationships
Tawfik Hamid
member
Tawfik Hamid was a member of al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya from around 1979 until 1981, when he left after refusing to participate in violent acts ordered by the group, marking his shift from extremism to reform.
Since 1979