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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Full Focus Editor's choice A selection of our top photos from the past 24 hours. Full Article Follow Reuters In free Egypt, Jihad leader says time for gun is over Tweet Share this By Tom Perry NAHIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Abboud al-Zumar went to jail 30 years ago for his role in killing Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Now a free man, he believes democracy will prevent Islamists from ever again taking up the gun against the... Email Print Related News Clinton backs post-Mubarak Egypt, hears criticism Tue, Mar 15 2011 Libya plans full offensive against rebels: Gaddafi son Thu, Mar 10 2011 Egypt army says sorry after protester clashes Sat, Feb 26 2011 WRAPUP 8-Libyan east hails "freedom", Obama slams Gaddafi Wed, Feb 23 2011 Fear stalks Tripoli as Libya's east celebrates Wed, Feb 23 2011 Analysis & Opinion Guest contribution-a tribute to Shahbaz Bhatti Syria’s charming offensive Related Topics World » Egypt » Abboud al-Zumar speaks during an interview with Reuters in his home after his release from Liman Tora Prison at Helwan, south of Cairo, March 17, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany By Tom Perry NAHIA, Egypt | Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:35pm EDT NAHIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Abboud al-Zumar went to jail 30 years ago for his role in killing Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Now a free man, he believes democracy will prevent Islamists from ever again taking up the gun against the state. Zumar was a prisoner for as long as Sadat's successor, Hosni Mubarak, was president. His release with other leading Islamists jailed for militancy is a sign of dramatic change in Egypt in the five weeks since Mubarak was swept from power by mass protests. Zumar, 64, was a founding member of the Islamic Jihad group which gunned down Sadat during a military parade in 1981. He was released along with his cousin, Tarek al-Zumar, who had also spent three decades in jail on similar charges. "The revolution created a new mechanism: the mechanism of strong, peaceful protests," said Zumar, released on March 12 and one of the political prisoners who owes his freedom to the peaceful revolt against Mubarak. "Public squares around the Arab world are ready to receive millions who can stop any ruler and expose him," added Zumar in an interview in his home village of Nahia on the rural outskirts of Cairo. To many Egyptians, Zumar's name evokes a violent chapter in the history of a country that has been an incubator for Islamist militancy. His release has alarmed those concerned by the Islamists' move to the heart of public life in the new Egypt, where groups including the Muslim Brotherhood are making the most of new freedoms to organize and speak out. Seeking to ease concerns, Zumar describes the Islamist movement as the "first line of defense" of Egyptian society. Islamists merely want to enjoy the same freedoms as everyone else in the new Egypt, he says. He was in prison with Ayman al-Zawahiri, now al Qaeda No. 2, who was released in 1984 and went on to assume the leadership of Islamic Jihad. Zawahiri's brother, Mohammed, was released on Thursday after spending a decade in jail. Zumar has not seen Ayman al-Zawahiri since 1984 but remembers him as a "man who loves his religion and justice." He supports what he described as Zawahiri's fight against foreign occupation across the Arab and Islamic world in Afghanistan and Iraq but opposes al Qaeda's attacks on civilians anywhere. A military intelligence officer at the time of the Sadat assassination, Zumar dismisses a story that he was its mastermind. He plays down the significance of his role, saying he merely supplied the ammunition. If Sadat had been in power in today's Egypt, Zumar says he could have been held to account by the judiciary. "There would have been a different mechanism of implementation," he said. "VIOLENCE BREEDS VIOLENCE" 1 2 3 Next World Egypt Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. 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