Abdelbaki Sahraoui was a co-founder of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) in Algeria. The Islamic Salvation Front (تحرير الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ) (French: Front Islamique du Salut) is an outlawed Islamist political party in Algeria. ...

He was born in 1910 in Constantine, Algeria. In 1926, he joined the circle of Sheikh Mubarak el-Mili. Five years later, he was conscripted by the French army, where he spent two years. He then moved to Algiers, where he was involved with the Muslim Scholars' Society. In 1990, he helped found the FIS; after the Algerian Civil War began, he fled to Paris, from which he preached in favor of armed struggle - jihad - against the Algerian government. He was assassinated in Paris on July 11 by the Armed Islamic Group, the GIA (although some question the authenticity of their statement claiming credit for this.) 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Constantine or Qustantînah is a city in north-east Algeria, slightly inland. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Algiers (Fr. ... The Algerian Civil War, an armed conflict between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups, began in December 1991 when the government cancelled elections after the first round results had shown that the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) party would win. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Jihad (ǧihād جهاد) is an Islamic term, from the Arabic root ǧhd (to exert utmost effort, to strive, struggle), which connotes a wide range of meanings: anything from an inward spiritual struggle to attain perfect faith to just cause in a political or military sense. ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... The Armed Islamic Group (GIA, from French Groupe Islamique Armé; Arabic al-Jamaah al-Islamiyah al-Musallah) is a militant Islamist group with the declared aim of overthrowing the Algerian government and replacing it with an Islamic state. ...

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