1991–1995 Sudanese pan-Islamic conference
Called together inSudan byHassan al-Turabi , the 1991Popular Arab and Islamic Congress Conference sought to unifyMujahideen and otherIslamic elements in the wake of theSoviet withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Iraqi defeat in theGulf War .[ 1] Organization of the Islamic Conference , although it did not have its financial means.[ 2]
Held from April 25–28, it brought together disparate sections of theMuslim world in an attempt atPan-Arabism andPan-Islamic union. It was estimated to have brought together 500 people, from 45 nations.[ 1] [ 2]
It has been suggested that al-Turabi hoped to "crystallize discontent in theArab world by bringing together under a single banner,hardline Islamic militants andnationalists ".[ 3] [ 2]
Hassan al-Turabi , Secretary-General of the Conference[ 1] Ibrahim al-Sanoussi , Deputy Secretary-General[ 1] Osama bin Laden [ 4] Ayman al-Zawahiri ofEgyptian Islamic Jihad [ 4] [ 5] Ali Mahdi ofSomalia [ 5] Sa'ad al-Tikriti , son ofIraqi Mukhabarat directorSabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti [ 5] Abdallah Fadil , Iraqi minister of religious endowments[ 6] Abdul-Latif Arabiyat ,Speaker of theHouse of Representatives of Jordan [ 6] Yasser Arafat , leader of thePLO [ 5] Mounir Shafiq ,[ 5] [ 7] Nayef Hawatmeh , leader of theDFLP [ 5] George Habash , leader of thePFLP [ 5] Hamas membersKhaled Mashal ,Ibrahim Ghousha andMunir Said [ 5] Fathi Shaqaqi , founder ofPalestinian Islamic Jihad [ 5] Jabbar Amar , member ofPalestinian Islamic Jihad [ 5] Imad Mughniyah ofHezbollah [ 5] Rached Ghannouchi , founder ofal-Nahda ofTunisia [ 5] Abdul Majeed al-Zindani , founder ofYemen 'sAl-Islah party[ 5] Mohammed Jamal Khalifa , founder of the Philippine branch ofBenevolence International , brother-in-law toOsama bin Laden , representingAbu Sayyaf [ 5] Gulbuddin Hekmatyar , leader ofHezb-i-Islami ofAfghanistan [ 5] Abdul Rasul Sayyaf , leader of theIttehad-i-Islami ofAfghanistan [ 5] Abbassi Madani , founder of theIslamic Salvation Front ofAlgeria [ 5] Ibrahim Shukri ,[ 5] Ma'mun al-Hudaybi , andMustafa Mashhur [ 6] Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Khalifa , leader of theJordanian Muslim Brotherhood [ 6] Adnan Saad al-Din , leader of a faction of theSyrian Muslim Brotherhood [ 6] Mubarak Ali Gilani , founder ofJamaat ul-Fuqra , named as a delegate from KashmiriHizb al-Mujahideen [ 5] Muhammad Ahmad Al-Sharif , leader of theWorld Islamic Call Society of Libya[ 6] Qazi Hussain Ahmad , leader ofJama'at-e Islami [ 6] Daud Musa Pidcock , founder of theIslamic Party of Britain [ 5] Abdel Bari Atwan , publisher ofAl-Quds Al-Arabi [ 5] Carlos the Jackal [ 4] Abu Nidal [ 4] Geydar Dzhemal Commanders ofAl-Gama'a al-Islamiyya [ 5] Members of the IranianRevolutionary Guard [ 4] Members of the IranianMOIS [ 4] Members of AfghanJamiat-e Islami [ 5] Members of PakistaniJama'at-e Islami [ 5] Members ofEritrean Islamic Jihad [ 5] Members of theOromo Liberation Front [ 5] Members of theLebanese Muslim Brotherhood [ 5] Delegates from theIraqi Trade Union [ 5] Delegates from theLibyan Arab Jamahiriya[ 5] ^a b c d Burr, Milard. "Revolutionary Sudan: Hasan al-Turabi and the Islamist State". p. 58 ^a b c Kepel, Gilles (2002).Jihad, on the Trail of Political Islam ISBN 9780674010901 ^ Jacquard, Roland.In the Name of Osama bin Laden , p. 31 ^a b c d e f Riedel, Bruce.The Search for al-Qaeda , 2008 ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Burr, J. Millard. "The Terrorists' International". Table 1. p.88. ^a b c d e f g Martin Kramer,Islam in the New World Order , Middle East Contemporary Survey 1991 ^ "100 Influential Voices from the Arab World: Munir Shafiq". Center for Global Engagement.http://www.centerforglobalengagement.org/voices/munir-shafiq.php Accessed May 29, 2014
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