Egypt detains leader of extremist movement

Egyptian authorities detained the leader of an extreme Islamist movement in the Sinai peninsula on Sunday morning, security sources told Ma'an. Muhammad Eid Musleh Hamad was detained in the Sinai after a security campaign was launched for his arrest. Egyptian authorities said he was the leader of the "Jihadists and Takfiris" movement and was a wanted "terrorist" leader. He was arrested without resistance. The "Jihadists and Takfiris" movement was formed after the January revolution which ousted former leader Hosni Mubarak, security forces said. The movement follows Al-Qaeda intellectually and demands an end to any military or foreign presence in the Sinai peninsula, Egyptian security told Ma'an.