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The carnage on that leafy street was another link in a chain of bloody attacks that has swept over Egypt for the past 19 months. A shadowy coalition of Islamic fundamentalist groups has proved its willingness to use any means, no matter how lethal, to overthrow the secular government of...
One of the dead was Nazih Rashed, 35, whose leg was severed and who died later in a nearby hospital. He had apparently achieved martyrdom, since the extremist Islamic Jihad, or Holy War, issued a statement claiming responsibility for the bombing and saying he was one of the members who...
Throughout the 1980s, Hizballah had a dark reputation; it was notorious for seizing Western hostages, setting off car bombs and nurturing groups like Islamic Jihad, which blew up the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut. But it sought Arab approval by deploying its thousands of fighters to harass Israeli troops occupying...
"King Fahd bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, of Saudi Arabia, gave Harvard $5 million to support the study of Islamic law. The donation, announced last month, will endow a professorship and fund legal research.
Many Egyptians may still doubt U.S. denials about Abdel Rahman's ties to the CIA, but their immediate concern is focused on the consequences of Mubarak's intensified antiterrorist campaign. Within hours after the seven were hanged last week, the militant Islamic Group that claims its inspiration from Sheik Abdel...