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In reply to the discussion: UK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel holds to a ceasefire [View all]lostincalifornia
(4,091 posts)" An investigation uncovered evidence that the killers had plotted the attack with Al Gamaa al-Islamiyya, a Muslim Brotherhood offshoot that had failed ambitions of launching an Islamic revolution in the mid-1980s.
Aboud El Zomor, the leader of Al Gamaa al-Islamiyya, was convicted of plotting the assassination and spent almost 30 years behind bars before his release in April, among hundreds of political prisoners detained during President Hosni Mubaraks regime.
Three decades later, in his first interview with a U.S. television news organization since his release, El Zomor was unapologetic about being a part of the killing of Sadat.
Our role was related to assisting but not decision-making, El Zomor recalled in his interview with CNN. All that we did, our role, is that we had ammunition that we sent to the assassins."
https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/world/meast/egypt-sadat-assassination
Also, Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
HAMAS, an acronym for Harakat al-Muqāwama al-Islāmiyya, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, was founded in 1987 as an offshoot of the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood, which was formed at the beginning of the first intifada. In case some are wondering why there is criticism on the use of "globalize the intifada"
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