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LUXOR, Egypt: As grisly firsthand accounts of the massacre of 58 tourists at the Hatsepshut temple emerged Tuesday, so did the culprits. The outlawed al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, or Islamic Group, claimed responsibility for the attack through faxes to Western news agencies. The group claimed it had been seeking the release of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman...
Many of the young opponents of Sadat belong to a loose network of Islamic societies known as El Gamaa El Islamia, which have become the predominant social and political force at the country's universities. The dissidents are angered by their bleak job prospects after graduation and the fact that Sadat has opened the country to Western investment, products and personnel. The young fundamentalists are active proselytizers, prodding conventional Muslim students to take Islam more seriously and disrupting "decadent" activities like dancing and coeducational parties...
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