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1970
First Recorded Activity
1992
First Attack

Profile Last Updated

How to Cite

Crenshaw, M., & Robinson, K. (2025). Mapping Militants Project. Rice University. https://doi.org/10.25613/G0K4-WF70
Mapping Militants Project. “Al Jama' Al-Islamiya .” Last modified . https://mappingmilitants.org/node/306/

Profile Contents

Narrative

Narrative of the Organization's History

Organization

Leadership, Name Changes, Size Estimates, Resources, Geographic Locations

Strategy

Ideology, Aims, Political Activities, Targets, and Tactics

Interactions

Foreign Designations and Listings, Community Relations, Relations with Other Groups, State Sponsors and External Influences

Maps

Mapping relationships with other militant groups over time in regional maps

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Overview
Formed: 
January 1, 1970

Al Jama’a Al-Islamiya is an Egyptian Sunni Islamist movement who seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and install a Muslim government. The group became active as an umbrella group for student militant groups in Egypt during the 1970s, seeking to restore Islam in the government. The group carried out a major terror campaign in the mid-1990s, killing more than 1,200 people in several major attacks.

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Strategy

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