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Events relating to islam
Communist measures in Afghanistan provoke a Muslim jihad and the murder of more than 100 Russians in Herat
Supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini seize the US embassy in Tehran, taking hostage 66 US citizens
Muslim terrorists assassinate Anwar el-Sadat, in response to his peace agreement with Israel
Christian militiamen massacre Palestinian refugees in the Sabra and Chatila camps in Lebanon
Hezbollah emerges in Lebanon as an Iranian-sponsored resistance movement against the Israeli occupation of the southern part of the country
Government imposition of Islamic law (sharia) triggers renewed civil war in Sudan between the Muslim north and Christian south
An Intifada begins against Israeli occupation of Palestinian land
Hamas (acronym in Arabic for 'Movement for Islamic Resistance') is founded in the occupied territories to lead armed resistance against Israel
Ayatollah Khomeini declares a fatwa against Salman Rushdie for his Satanic Verses
Osama bin Laden's involvement in the fight against Soviet forces in Afghanistan leads to his development of al-Qaeda
A new party, the Islamic Salvation Front, seems certain to win the Algerian election – until the army intervenes
Algeria is plunged into a brutal civil war between a military junta and Muslim terrorists
The mujaheddin, after removing from power the Soviet-backed president Najibullah, proclaim an Islamic state
Mullah Mohammed Omar, in Kandahar, forms a group devoted to fundamentalist Islam and calls it Taliban (meaning students of the Qur'an)
Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam organizes a Million Man March into Washington
Thousands of Shia Muslims are massacred by the Taliban in Mazar-e-Sharif, in a brief spell before they are driven from the city
An amnesty is declared for some 8000 Muslim terrorists held in Algeria's gaols
The Russian army returns to Chechnya after Islamic militants commit acts of terrorism
Controversial cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad are published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten
On what becomes known as the 'Friday of Anger' hundreds of thousands demonstrate in Egypt after Friday prayers, a developing tradition in the Arab Spring
The Libyan leader Muammad Gaddafi is captured and killed in Sirte
Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam is captured when attempting to flee to Niger and is held for trial
An excerpt of an anti-Islamic film made in the USA, Innocence of Muslims, is broadcast in Egypt on a Muslim TV channel
Violent protests against the film Innocence of Muslims break out in Egypt and soon spread to other Muslim countries
US embassies in Yemen and Egypt are attacked, as the protests against Innocence of Muslims spread
