Egyptian Islamic Jihad

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:militant_group
gptkbp:activeYears 1970-present
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Al-Qaeda
gptkbp:alliance Historical ties
gptkbp:antiSubmarineWarfare Targeted_by_Egyptian_government
gptkbp:community Supportive in some areas
gptkbp:conflict Egyptian_government
Egyptian-Israeli_conflict
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations Supportive
gptkbp:founded 1970
gptkbp:founder Aboud al-Zomor
gptkbp:global_presence Limited
gptkbp:goal Establishing_an_Islamic_state_in_Egypt
gptkbp:headquarters Cairo,_Egypt
gptkbp:historicalContext Post-1970s_Islamic_revival
gptkbp:historicalEvent 1990s insurgency in Egypt
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Egyptian Islamic Jihad
gptkbp:ideology gptkb:Islamism
Salafism
Online media
Jihadism
gptkbp:impact Egyptian_radical_movements
gptkbp:influence Radical groups worldwide
gptkbp:internationalRelations Limited diplomatic recognition
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Abdel_Rahman_al-Masri
gptkbp:localGovernment Hostile
gptkbp:membership Thousands
gptkbp:motto Islam_is_the_solution
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat
1993 Cairo bombing
gptkbp:notable_player Assassination
gptkbp:notableFeature 1999 trial of leaders
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Mohamed_Atta
Zawahiri's_leadership
gptkbp:notableOperations 1995 assassination attempt on Mubarak
gptkbp:notablePerson Ayman al-Zawahiri
gptkbp:notableWork Al-Jihad_magazine
gptkbp:operational_area Middle_East
gptkbp:operations gptkb:Egyptian_security_forces
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation Advocates_for_Sharia_law
gptkbp:politicalPosition Anti-Western
gptkbp:recruitment Radicalization
gptkbp:relationship Tension
Allied
gptkbp:scholarships Donations
gptkbp:social_media Recruitment tool
gptkbp:status Active
gptkbp:symbol Black flag
gptkbp:threats Justified by ideology
gptkbp:training gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:type Terrorist organization
gptkbp:usesTechnology Cyber operations