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The '''Islamic Group''' ({{lang-ar|الجماعة الإسلامية |rtl=yes}} {{lang|ar-Latn|Al-Jama'ah Al-Islamiyah}}) 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 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.<ref name=candt07>{{cite journal|last=Saab|first=Bilal Y.|author2=Magnus Ranstorp|title=Securing Lebanon from the Threat of Salafist Jihadism|journal=Studies in Conflict and Terrorism|year=2007|volume=30|pages=825–855|url=http://www.democracyinlebanon.org/Documents/CDL-World/SalafistJihadism(SaabandRanstorp07).pdf|accessdate=1 July 2012|doi=10.1080/10576100701561236}}</ref> 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.<ref name=candt07/> [[Fathi Yakan]] was the group's grandfather and main ideologue who is a veteran Islamist scholar and preacher from [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]].<ref name=candt07/>

Its ex-leader is Ibrahim Al-Masri, who succeeded its former leader Faisal Mawlawi due to sickness. Lately, it entered the [[2009 Lebanese general election]] beside [[Future Movement]] in Beirut 3 district. Currently they have no seats in the [[Parliament of Lebanon|Lebanese Parliament]].<ref>A. Nizar Hamzeh [http://www.meforum.org/362/islamism-in-lebanon-a-guide-to-the-groups "Islamism in Lebanon: A Guide to the Groups"], ''[[Middle East Quarterly]]'', 1997, '''4''', pp. 47-53.</ref><ref>Kamal Shayya, Rania Sabaayon, Ghassan Makarem, Makram Kamel, Mustafa Hazim [http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/beirut/06882.pdf "Islamic Movements in Lebanon"], Masar Association, Aِugust 2009.</ref><ref>Gary C. Gambill [http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2007/issue4/jv11no4a3.asp "ISLAMIST GROUPS IN LEBANON"], ''[[Middle East Review of International Affairs]]'', 2007, '''11'''.</ref>

{{Reflist}}http://www.al-jamaa.org/<nowiki/>{{Lebanese political parties}}