Egyptian Islamic Jihad

Egyptian Islamist militant group active since the late 1970s
Organization armed_organization Q310214
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Egyptian Islamic Jihad

Summary

Egyptian Islamic Jihad is an armed organization[1]. It draws 339 Wikipedia views per month (armed_organization category, ranking #22 of 192).[2]

Key Facts

  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad is in the country of Egypt[3].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's instance of is recorded as armed organization[4].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's instance of is recorded as terrorist organization[5].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's founder is recorded as Muhammad abd-al-Salam Faraj[6].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's founder is recorded as Ayman al-Zawahiri[7].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's founder is recorded as Aboud El Zomor[8].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's founder is recorded as Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif[9].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's founder is recorded as Nabil Na'eem[10].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132639381[11].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88284269[12].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's chairperson is recorded as Ayman al-Zawahiri[13].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's chairperson is recorded as Muhammad abd-al-Salam Faraj[14].
  • +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Egyptian Islamic Jihad[15].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad was dissolved in +2001-06-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kwxx[17].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20100514004[18].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's significant event is recorded as assassination of Anwar Sadat[19].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Egyptian Islamic Jihad[20].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's political ideology is recorded as Islamism[21].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Egyptian-Islamic-Jihad[22].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's topic has template is recorded as Template:Egyptian Islamic Jihad[23].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الجهاد الإسلامي المصري\u200e'}[24].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'EIJ'}[25].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's operating area is recorded as Egypt[26].
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad's operating area is recorded as Afghanistan[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Muhammad abd-al-Salam Faraj[6], Ayman al-Zawahiri[7], Aboud El Zomor[8], Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif[9], and Nabil Na'eem[10]. +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Egyptian Islamic Jihad[15].

Identity

Egyptian Islamic Jihad's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'EIJ'}[25].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Ayman al-Zawahiri[13], a surgeon[28], 1951–2022[29], of Kingdom of Egypt[30] and Muhammad abd-al-Salam Faraj[14], a theologian[31], 1954–1982[32], of Egypt[33].

Dissolution

Egyptian Islamic Jihad was dissolved in +2001-06-00T00:00:00Z[16].

Why It Matters

Egyptian Islamic Jihad draws 339 Wikipedia views per month (armed_organization category, ranking #22 of 192).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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