Jami?a Al-Islamiyya Al-Libnaniya, Al-
JAMIʿA AL-ISLAMIYYA AL-LIBNANIYA, AL-
Lebanese Islamic movement (the Lebanese Islamic Group, in Arabic), which surfaced in 1962 under the impetus of Fathi Yakan. Originating from the Jamaʿa ʿIbad al-Rahman (Group of Servants of the Merciful), this organization, which advocated struggle against Israel, was a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. In 1972, one of its members, Said Shabaan, quit the movement in order to form the Islamic Unification Movement (IUM). In 1990, at the time of the Gulf War, the Jamiʿa al-Islamiyya decided to support Iraq, which led to an interruption in the Saudi aid it had been receiving. In 1992, so as to participate in legislative elections, the movement changed into a party and won several deputy seats. The following year, Faysal al-Mawlawi, leader of the branch of the northern part of the country, replaced Fathi Yakan as leader of the movement. In 1996, a split appeared in the movement, caused by a power struggle for the leadership between Fathi Yakan and Faysal al-Mawlawi, which Mawlawi won.