abstract:The Egyptian Islamic Jihad () (EIJ) formerly called simply Islamic Jihad ( and Liberation Army for Holy SitesGlobal Briefings, Issue 27, September 1998, “Osama Bin Laden tied to other fundamentalists”.) originally referred to as "al-Jihad," and then "the Jihad Group", or "the Jihad Organization",Wright, Lawrence, Looming Tower, Knopf, 2006, p.