Homeland Security


People Against Gangsterism and Drugs


Center of GravitySouth Africa
ScopeLocal
Alias(es)PAGAD, Muslims Against Global Oppression, Muslims Against Illegitimate Leaders
FormedNovember 1995
Narrative and Notes (Reliable)Formed as vigilante group in Cape Town; in 1996 it adopted a militant Islamic stance. Credited with 189 bombings between 1996 and 2001.
Now believed to be severely diminished.

Sources and Notes

1U.S. State Department. "Country Reports on Terrorism." 2005.

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