Sayf Al-Islam
SAYF AL-ISLAM
"Sword of Islam," an armed branch of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad created in 1991, whose principal leader was Khalid al-Ayyub.
SEE ALSO Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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