Kammala wannan jumla: Daya daga cikin 'yan Islama na farko da suka zo Albania shi ne Muhammad al Zawahiri, (ɗan'uwan Ayman al Zawahiri, shugaban ƙungiyar Jihad ta Islama ta Masar kuma babban jami'in Osama Bin Laden) a matsayin mai lissafin kudi na Ƙungiyar Taimako ta Islama ta Duniya (IIRO). (Ba tare da sanin Albaniyawa ba, ban da taimakawa tare da taimako da yada addinin Islama daidai, IIRO an caje shi da aikin taimaka wa sauran membobin Jihad na Islama su sami aiki a cikin "kungiyoyin agaji da ke gina masallatai, gidajen marayu da asibitoci". A tsakiyar shekarun 1980, rukunin Tirana na Jihad na Islama ya ƙidaya mambobi 16, gami da ƙwararren masani kan takardun shaidar karya, wanda aka nema a matsayin wanda ake zargi da hannu a cikin yunkurin kisan kai. Wannan daga baya aka fallasa a lokacin wani bincike da aka gudanar da Amurka da Albanian asirin sabis. A watan Yuni 1998 uku Masar Islamists zargi da ayyukan ta'addanci da aka kama a Albania, tare da kara kama a watan Satumba bayan da
1998 hare-haren bam na ofishin jakadancin Amurka.