Abdelbaki Sahraoui, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Algerian terrorist
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Place of Birth: Constantine, Constantine Province, Algeria
About Abdelbaki Sahraoui
- Abdelbaki Sahraoui (Arabic: ??? ?????? ???????) was a co-founder of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) in Algeria. He was born in 1910 in Constantine, Algeria.
- In 1926, he joined the circle of Sheikh Mubarak el-Mili.
- Five years later, he was conscripted by the French army, where he spent two years.
- He then moved to Algiers, where he was involved with the Muslim Scholars' Society.
- In 1990, he helped found the FIS; after the Algerian Civil War began, he fled to Paris, from which he preached in favor of armed struggle—jihad—against the Algerian government.
- However, he opposed the extension of the jihad to France, and was assassinated because of this in Paris, on 11 July 1995, by the Armed Islamic Group.
- His death was followed by a series of bombings in France.
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