He has since fallen out with its leaders, particularly Ayman al-Zawahiri, who succeeded him as head of Egypt's Islamic Jihad group.

ECONOMIST: Terrorism

But Israeli experts tend to give credence to another claim issued in the name of the smaller fundamentalist group, Islamic Jihad: they recall a similar multiple explosion at a bus stop for soldiers in 1995 which was Islamic Jihad's doing.

ECONOMIST: Carnage in Jerusalem

On October 15th, for instance, it was reported that Laskar Jihad, a prominent Indonesian militant group, had closed its headquarters.

ECONOMIST: Terror in the shadows | The

In recent years, Ms. Hasina's government has effectively cracked down on the terrorist group Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, which used Bangladesh as a staging ground for attacks in India.

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