From ‘‘Usrat al-Jamā’a’’ to ‘‘Justice and Spirituality’’

He, God have mercy on him, exerted immeasurable efforts in setting up the movement and disciplining its members, men and women, on the virtues of iman, action and jihad, and on the foundations of pacifism, nonviolence and openness. Those efforts culminated in 1983 in forming the Association of al-Jamā’a al-Khayriyya, which, in 1987, took the motto of al-‘Adl wal Ihsan [Justice and Spirituality]. Despite the oppression of the State apparatus, Imam Yassine continued, supported by a few preachers and within the framework of legality, the solid construction of the movement at the levels of education, training and organization.