Anwar Haddam was a leader of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), a radical Islamist party in Algeria, and was elected to parliament on a FIS ticket in 1991 - Algeria's first multiparty elections. The dissolution of the FIS by military decree after its electoral victories in 1991-92 triggered the Algerian Civil War, in which the FIS-affiliated Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) and other militias fought the military-dominated government. Haddam spent most of the war years in exile in the United States of America, acting as a main figure in the party's political leadership. Algerian authorities unsuccessfully sought his extradition.[1] The Islamic Salvation Front (Arabic: الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ, al-Jabhah al-Islāmiyah lil-Inqādh) (French: Front Islamique du Salut) is an outlawed Islamist political party in Algeria. ... Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... // Political scientists have developed concepts of different ideal types of political parties in order to better compare them with each other. ... A multi-party system is a type of party system. ... Decree is an order that has the force of law. ... Combatants Algerian government Islamic Armed Movement (MIA) Armed Islamic Group (GIA) Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) others. ... Category: ... Lexington Minuteman representing militia minuteman John Parker Militia is the activity of one or more citizens organized to provide defense or paramilitary service, or those engaged in such activity. ... Exile (band) may refer to: Exile - The American country music band Exile - The Japanese pop music band Category: ... Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests and obtains from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal. ...

In 1995, Haddam and Rabeh Kebir both signed the Sant'Egidio Platform - a joint document by opposition parties demanding a reinstatement of democracy in Algeria - as representatives of FIS. The SantEgidio platform was an attempt by the major Algerian opposition parties to put an end to the Algerian Civil War. ... Look up Opposition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

External links

• "An Islamist Vision for Algeria" - Interview with Anwar Haddam