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Events relating to islam
Radical Islamists take more than 800 people hostage at the Amenas Gas Project in Algeria
French troops arrive in Mali, at the government's request, to help in evicting radical Islamist groups from the north of the country
About forty foreign hostages and twenty-nine militants die when Algerian forces raid the Amenas gas site
Violent protests erupt in Egypt against President Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood
Violent clashes erupt again throughout Egypt between Muslim Brotherhood supporters of President Morsi and those objecting to his Islamist policies
A Sunni militant group emerges calling itself the Islamic State, now widely known as ISIS.
The ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, famous for its remains of classical architecture, is captured by the Islamic State (ISIS)
