The radical Islamic extremist organization was established by Palestinian students in Egypt<ref name=adl-pij/> in 1979 prominantly by [[Fathi Shaqaqi]] and other former members of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]<ref name=haaretz/> who were admirers of the Iranian Revolution and the Muslim Brotherhood ideology.The basis for the establishment of Islamic Jihad began with the Islamic Revolution in [[Iran]] in the late 1970s and Khomeini's rise to power.<ref name=adl-pij>[https://www.adl.org/resources/glossary-terms/palestinian-islamic-jihad Palestinian Islamic Jihad], ADL.<blockquote> | The radical Islamic extremist organization was established by Palestinian students in Egypt<ref name=adl-pij/> in 1979 prominantly by [[Fathi Shaqaqi]] and other former members of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]<ref name=haaretz/> who were admirers of the Iranian Revolution and the Muslim Brotherhood ideology.The basis for the establishment of Islamic Jihad began with the Islamic Revolution in [[Iran]] in the late 1970s and Khomeini's rise to power.<ref name=adl-pij>[https://www.adl.org/resources/glossary-terms/palestinian-islamic-jihad Palestinian Islamic Jihad], ADL.<blockquote> |