The Islamic Labor Front – ILF ( Arabic : جبهة العمل الإسلامي | Jabhat al-A'amal al-Islamy ), is a gathering of several Islamic parties and personalities in Lebanon led by Sunni Daaiya Fathi Yakan .
6-552: Founded in 2006, the gathering merged out from a conflict within the Islamic group on either becoming part of the anti-Syrian March 14 Alliance or the pro-Syrian March 8 Alliance . The ILF is currently allied to Hezbollah and is part of the opposition. One of its members, Sheikh Saadeddine Ghaya, was killed in Tripoli in November 2013. This article about a Lebanese political party
12-571: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Islamic Group (Lebanon) The Islamic Group ( Arabic : الجماعة الإسلامية Al-Jama'ah Al-Islamiyah ) abbreviated as the acronym JI is a Sunni Islamist political party in Lebanon . Jamaa Islamiya was founded in 1964 as the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood . In fact, it was established by young members of 'Ibad al Rahman (or
18-627: Is a veteran Islamist scholar and preacher from Tripoli . Its ex-leader is Ibrahim Al-Masri, who succeeded its former leader Faisal Mawlawi due to sickness. The party entered the 2009 Lebanese general election beside the Future Movement in Beirut's 3rd electoral district. Currently they have 1 seat in the Lebanese Parliament . The Islamic Group's armed wing, the al-Fajr Forces ( Arabic : قوات الفجر ), launched missiles into Israel during
24-502: The 2023 Israel-Lebanon border clashes , in what The National called a "resurgence... after almost 20 years of relative inactivity." Bassem Hammoud, the deputy head of the Islamic Group's political bureau, clarified that his party was "not in complete alignment with Hezbollah ... [b]ut we are with them in terms of resistance against Israel." On 10 March 2024, three members of the Islamic Group were killed after an Israeli strike on
30-620: The Worshipers of the Merciful). Its origins, as documented by Nizar Hamzeh, go back to the height of Gamal Abdel Nasser 's efforts at Arab unity in the mid-1960s. It supports the idea of establishing a legal order in Lebanon that is based on Islamic shari'a. As a local branch it closely follows the doctrines of the Muslim Brotherhood. Fathi Yakan was the group's grandfather and main ideologue who
36-562: The town of Aqroub. On April 26, an Israeli drone strike on a car in Meidoun killed two Islamic Group members, including senior commander Mosab Khalaf . On 18 July 2024, an IDF strike on a car in Ghazzeh , eastern Lebanon killed Mohammad Hamed Gebara, an Islamic Group commander who planned and conducted attacks in collaboration with Hamas . In 2008, members of the Islamic Group formed al Fajr Radio which offers educational and religious programs. It
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