Abdelkrim Motii
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Abdelkrim Motii is the co-founder with Kamal Ibrahim
of Chabiba islamia
("Islamic Youth"), a violent, clandestine and extremist Moroccan
association whose aim was the establishment of an Islamic state
in Morocco. Chabiba islamia was first established in 1969.
After being accused of implication in the December 18, 1975 assassination of Omar Benjelloun
a leftist leader and journalist, Motii fled to Saudi Arabia
where he was involved in the assault on the Grand Mosque in Mecca during November 1979. He subsequently fled again to Libya
where he is believed to live now in exile. He has since adopted a much more moderate attitude and declared that he is ready to go back to Morocco if he is offered enough guarantees.
Kamal Ibrahim
Kamal Said Ibrahim is an Ethiopian Australian football player who currently plays for A-League team...
of Chabiba islamia
Chabiba islamia
Chabiba islamia or Chabiba Al Islamiya was a violent clandestine and extremist Moroccan, Islamist group founded in 1969 by Abdelkrim Motii and Kamal Ibrahim. Its goal was the establishment of an Islamic state in Morocco....
("Islamic Youth"), a violent, clandestine and extremist Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
association whose aim was the establishment of an Islamic state
Islamism
Islamism also , lit., "Political Islam" is set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system. Islamism is a controversial term, and definitions of it sometimes vary...
in Morocco. Chabiba islamia was first established in 1969.
After being accused of implication in the December 18, 1975 assassination of Omar Benjelloun
Omar Benjelloun
Omar Benjelloun , assassinated on 18 December 1975 in Casablanca, was a journalist, engineer, lawyer and trade union activist....
a leftist leader and journalist, Motii fled to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
where he was involved in the assault on the Grand Mosque in Mecca during November 1979. He subsequently fled again to Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
where he is believed to live now in exile. He has since adopted a much more moderate attitude and declared that he is ready to go back to Morocco if he is offered enough guarantees.