- For the Southeast Asian organization of the same name, see Jemaah Islamiyah.
Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya ( , "the Islamic Group"; also transliterated
El Gama'a El Islamiyya; also called "Islamic Groups" and transliterated
Gamaat Islamiya,
al Jamaat al Islamiya) is an
Egyptian Sunni Islamist movement, and is considered a
terrorist organization by the
United States and
European Union. The group was dedicated to the overthrow of the Egyptian government and replacing it with an
Islamic state; the group has committed to peaceful means following the
coup that toppled
Mohamed Morsi.
