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Source: http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=IA30906
Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya's Cessation of Violence: An Ideological Reversal for Islamists in Egypt
[MEMRI] Y. Feldner, Y. Carmon, and D. Lev - The Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya, which perpetrated terror attacks in Egypt throughout the 1980s and 1990s, has in recent years undergone an ideological reversal exceptional among Islamist organizations. Its leaders have undertaken to forsake violence, have apologized for past attacks, and now promote a new ideology of coexistence with the regime. In addition, they have gone to great lengths to argue against al-Qaeda's ideology and to restrict its influence on Muslims.