Egypt Releases 154 Islamic Militants

(Reuters) Reuters - Egyptian authorities released from prison four leaders and 150 members of Al-Gama'a al-Islamiya, an Islamist group that carried out an armed revolt against the government in the 1980s and 1990s in an attempt to establish a strict Islamic state but has since renounced violence, security officials said on Tuesday.


2005-11-09 00:00:00

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