Salvation from hell

Salvation from Hell (Arabic: Al Najun Min Al Nar, also translated as Saved from the Inferno) was a militant Islamic organization which operated in Egypt in the 1980s.

During a 1989 trial in Egypt, 26 defendants were charged with forming Salvation from Hell, an illegal paramilitary organization, in addition to other charges.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/03/world/muslim-fundamentalists-sentenced-in-egypt.html|title=Muslim Fundamentalists Sentenced in Egypt|work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press|date=3 September 1989|accessdate=30 April 2014}}{{cite book|title=The religion factor: an introduction to how religion matters|last=Scott Green|first=William|author2=Jacob Neusner |year=1994|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|page=137|isbn=9780664256883|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R6LjSSXUcXQC&dq=egypt+paramilitary+%22Salvation+from+Hell%22&pg=PA137|accessdate=2012-02-14}} The Egyptian government broke off ties with Iran following allegations that Iran funded the group.{{cite news|last1=Kifner|title=Egypt Breaks All Diplomatic Ties With Iran|work=The New York Times|page=7|date=15 May 1987|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/15/world/egypt-breaks-all-diplomatic-ties-with-iran.html|accessdate=30 April 2014}} Yasser Borhamy was detained for a month in 1987 due to his alleged connection with the assassination attempt against interior minister Hassan Abu Basha.{{cite news|title=Yasser Borhami|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/33/102/26714/Elections-/Whos-who/Yasser-Borhami.aspx|accessdate=30 April 2014|work=Ahram Online|date=19 November 2011}} Hussein al-Zawahiri, the brother of Ayman al-Zawahiri and Muhammad al-Zawahiri, was convicted for his alleged role in the assassination attempt.{{cite news|last=Moussa|first=Ahmed|title=Egypt's most wanted|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/556/11war3.htm|accessdate=30 April 2014|work=Al Ahram Weekly|date=18–24 October 2001|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611085923/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/556/11war3.htm|archivedate=11 June 2013}}