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Islamic Salvation Front
(redirected from Front Islamique du Salut)

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Islamic Salvation Front

 French Front Islamique du Salut (FIS)

Algerian Islamist political party. Known best by its French acronym, the organization was founded in 1989 by Ali Belhadj and Abbasi al-Madani. The party won a majority of the seats contested in local elections in 1990 and most of the seats in the National Assembly in the first round of balloting in 1991. The government canceled the second round, however, and arrested many of the group's leaders. The FIS and more extreme Islamist groups afterward waged a protracted guerrilla war, in which atrocities by both sides were alleged to have occured. The group was blamed for the assassination of Pres. Mohamed Boudiaf, but no clear proof was ever found. See also Armed Islamic Group; Liamine Zeroual.
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Likewise a dividing line cuts through the Islamist opposition: the extremist Neo-Salafi group remains set on a fight to the finish, while the less radical Front Islamique du Salut (FIS) and the more moderate Islamists reject the Neo-Salafi tactics.
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In fact, from the perspective of the Algerian government, the war against terrorism began in February 1992, just after the cancellation of elections in which the militant Front Islamique du Salut (FIS) was poised to win.
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From the perspective of the Algerian government, the war against terrorism began in February 1992, just after the cancellation of elections in which the Front Islamique du Salut (FIS) was poised to win.
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