Islamic Group (Lebanon)

Islamic Group (Lebanon)

The Islamic Group ( _ar. Jamaa Islamiya) is a Sunni Islamist political party in Lebanon. Jamaa Islamiya was founded in 1952 as the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Its leader is Faisal Mawlawi. The party has a military wing known as the al-Fajr Forces.

References

* [http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2370093]
* [http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/08/muslim_brotherhood_takes_up_ar_1.php]
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaa_Islamiya_%28Liban%29]

External links

* [http://www.al-jamaa.net Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya]


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