Release of leaders and members of Jihad and al Gamáa al Islamiyya

The Egyptian authorities has released four leaders and 150 members of the two militant groups Jihad , and al Gamáa al Islamiyya. All the released has renounced violence. Among the four leaders are Foud al Doulaby(Amir of al Minya) and Nageh Ibrahim(Amir of Asyut), both ¨historic leaders¨ of the Jihad, and part of the team, killing the late Ptresident Anwar Sadat on Oct 6 1981. Nageh Ibrahim has been one of the leaders behind the unilateral ceasefire of the Gamáa al Islamiyya, after the Luxor masacare in 1997.
Among the other leaders , Safwat abd al Ghani, a onetime leader of the Gamáa al Islamiyya, and convicted for the murder on speaker of Parliament, Refaát Mahgoub.

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