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| Wanted Gamaa Islamiya leader detained at southern border |
| 2014-07-15 |
[Al Ahram] Five Islamist figures have been tossed in the slammerDon't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! while attempting to flee Egypt via the southern border, a military front man announced via Facebook. Former Shura Council member and head of Gamaa Islamiya's Building and Development, Safwat Abdel-Ghani, was among those arrested late on Sunday. Meanwhile, ...back at the game, the Babe was wondering why the baseball kept getting bigger and bigger. Finally it hit him... the pro-Brotherhood National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) said security forces have arrested Nasr Abdel-Salam, acting head of the Building and Development Party. Last year, prosecutors ordered the arrest of Moslem Brüderbund Supreme Guide Mohammed Badei and nine Islamist figures, including Abdel-Ghani, for allegedly inciting violence at the Republican Guard headquarters. Gamaa Islamiya was responsible for the liquidation of president Anwar Sadat in 1981. It also allegedly murdered 58 tourists and four Egyptians in an attack in Luxor in 1997. The group formed a political party after the 2011 revolution and won 13 seats in the Shura Council election of 2011-12. It has played a key role in the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, which calls for the reinstatement of deposed president Mohammed Morsi and the 2012 constitution. Some critics say the group, along with the Brotherhood, has been involved in recent terrorist attacks across the country. |
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