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The Young Men's Muslim Association (Arabic:جمعية الشبان المسلمين) (Jam'iyyat al-Shubban al-Muslimin) was founded in Egypt in 1927. By the end of the decade it had around 15,000 members. The leader in the 1930's was Izz al-din Qassam. He led a peasant revolt in the early 1930's against the sale of land to non-Muslims in Palestine. He was able to build support for the Association by focusing on Greater Jihad, moral uplift and helping the poor, rather than Lesser Jihad which is violence.
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- Dawisha, Adeed (2002). Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph to Despair. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-10273-2
