Lebanon”s Jamaa Islamiya Gets New Secretary General
The Jamaa Islamiya elected Ibrahim al-Masri as secretary general to replace Sheikh Faisal al-Mawlawi who is suffering from a chronic disease, the movement”s media official Ibrahim Meselmani told pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat.
Meselmani told the newspaper that the Jamaa Islamiya hasn”t yet officially announced the results of the election because the process is ongoing including the election of the General Bureau members and the Shura Council.
Asharq al-Awsat said the new secretary-general”s term is most probably for three years rather than four as in previous years. The new chief also does not have the right to run for office more than twice.
Al-Masri is the Jamaa Islamiya”s third secretary-general since the movement was officially established in 1964, according to the daily.