The Islamic Group (Arabic: الجماعة الإسلامية Al-Jama’ah Al-Islamiyah) is a Sunni Islamist political party in Lebanon. Jamaa Islamiya was founded in 1964 as the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. In fact it was established by young members of ‘Ibad al Rahman (or the Worshipers of the Merciful). Its origins as documented by Nizar Hamzeh go back to the height of Gamal Abdel Nasser’s efforts at Arab unity in the mid-1960s.
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