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TheIslamic Group (Arabic:الجماعة الإسلاميةAl-Jama'ah Al-Islamiyah) abbreviated as the acronymJI is aSunniIslamist political party inLebanon. Jamaa Islamiya was founded in 1964 as the Lebanese branch of theMuslim 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 ofGamal Abdel Nasser's efforts at Arab unity in the mid-1960s.[1] It supports the idea of establishing a legal order in Lebanon that is based on Islamic shari'a. As a local branch it closely follows the doctrines of the Muslim Brotherhood.[1]Fathi Yakan was the group's grandfather and main ideologue who is a veteran Islamist scholar and preacher fromTripoli.[1]
The Islamic Group's armed wing, theal-Fajr Forces (Arabic:قوات الفجر), launched missiles intoIsrael during the2023 Israel-Lebanon border clashes,[5][6] in whatThe National called a "resurgence... after almost 20 years of relative inactivity."[7] Bassem Hammoud, the deputy head of the Islamic Group's political bureau, clarified that his party was "not in complete alignment withHezbollah... [b]ut we are with them in terms of resistance against Israel."[7] On 10 March 2024, three members of the Islamic Group were killed after an Israeli strike on the town of Aqroub.[8] On April 26, an Israeli drone strike on a car inMeidoun killed two Islamic Group members, including senior commanderMosab Khalaf.[9][10] On 18 July 2024, an IDF strike on a car inGhazzeh, eastern Lebanon killed Mohammad Hamed Gebara, an Islamic Group commander who planned and conducted attacks in collaboration withHamas.[11] Commander Hussein Atoui was assassinated inDamour during an Israeli airstrike against a vehicle in April 2025.[12]
In 2008, members of the Islamic Group formed al Fajr Radio which offers educational and religious programs. It is equally shared by multiple members of the party.[13]
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