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Islamic Salvation Front

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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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In Algeria, in 1992, the military stepped in to prevent a religious fundamentalist party called the Islamic Salvation Front from taking power through parliamentary elections.
Are Islam & democracy compatible? Democracy is taking hold in some ... by Sachs, Susan / New York Times Upfront
The Algerian Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), although present in Europe, is no longer involved in militant activity among Algerian-born migrants, and the Turkish Milli Gorius--a European offshoot of the since-banned Refah Party--is, as we shall see, increasingly less involved in Turkish domestic politics even as it remains active among the diaspora.
EuroIslam: the jihad within? by Roy, Olivier / The National Interest
Haddam was an active member of Algeria's Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), a popular grass roots political party.
Algerian Victim of Secret Evidence Dr. Anwar Haddam Embraces Freedom by Yousef, Asma / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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