Jamaat al-Islamiyya/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Jamaat al-Islamiyya.

An Egyptian jihadist organization, derived from the Muslim Brotherhood, which conducted terror operations primarily in Egypt in the 1990s; it has renounced violence but members have affiliated with al-Qaeda and other groups