EGYPT'S ISLAMIC GROUP: REGIONAL REVENGE?
1994; Middle East Institute; Volume: 48; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1940-3461
Autores Tópico(s)Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
ResumoEGYPT'S Islamic movement is both diverse and complex. It includes the Islamic sympathizers within President Husni Mubarak's governing party, the established religious institutions like al-Azhar University, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the various Islamic parties and groups, such as al-Shawquoon, Tahreer, Jihad, and al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group).1 However, one cannot understand the country's Islamic movement unless one appreciates the basic differences between the predominantly southern al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya (hereafter al-Jama'a) and the other, predominantly northern, Egyptian Islamists. The phenomenon of southemers-sa'hdis-taking political action in the name of Islam has been notable ever since October 6, 1981, when Lieutenant Khalid alIslamboli, a native of Minya, fatally shot President Anwar al-Sadat. In fact, virtually all of the top leaders of the group accused of Sadat's assassination were sa'idls: Abud al-Zummer from Giza; Nagih Ibrahim from Assiut; Assem Abdul Majid from Qena; and Karam Zuhdi-the amir of the south-and Usama Hafiz, both from Minya.2 Among the lower ranks of accused conspirators, sa'Tdls
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