Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
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Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya is a prominent Egyptian Islamist movement known for its militant activities in the 1980s and 1990s and its later partial renunciation of violence.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamist organization
ⓘ
militant group ⓘ terrorist organization ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Gama'a Islamiyya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announced | initiative to halt violence in late 1990s ⓘ |
| conflictType | insurgency against the Egyptian state ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| designatedAsTerroristBy |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | late 1970s ⓘ |
| goal | establishment of an Islamic state in Egypt ⓘ |
| hasWing | political wing in post-Mubarak period ⓘ |
| ideology |
Islamism
ⓘ
Salafi jihadism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Islamist ideologues in Egypt ⓘ |
| knownFor |
armed insurgency against the Egyptian state
ⓘ
involvement in terrorist attacks in Egypt ⓘ militant activities in Egypt ⓘ partial renunciation of violence in the 2000s ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| laterActivity | participation in Egyptian politics after 2011 ⓘ |
| membershipBase | Islamist activists in Egypt ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | one of Egypt's largest Islamist militant groups in the 1990s ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
armed campaign against Egyptian security forces in the 1990s
ⓘ
attacks on Egyptian officials and intellectuals ⓘ |
| operationalArea |
Cairo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Egyptian government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
secularism ⓘ |
| organizationalType | clandestine network ⓘ |
| originatedAs | Islamist student movement ⓘ |
| region | Middle East ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| statusChange | partially renounced violence ⓘ |
| statusChangePeriod | early 2000s ⓘ |
| tactics |
armed attacks
ⓘ
assassinations ⓘ bombings ⓘ |
| targeted |
Egyptian government officials
ⓘ
Egyptian security forces ⓘ tourism sector in Egypt ⓘ |
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