Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumwe wevaIslam vekutanga kuuya kuAlbania aive Muhammad al Zawahiri, (mukoma waAyman al Zawahiri, mutungamiri wesangano reEgypt Islamic Jihad uye mutevedzeri mukuru waOsama Bin Laden) semubhadhari weInternational Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO). (Zvisingazivikanwi navaAlbania, mukuwedzera pakubetsera nokuparadzira chiIslam chakarurama, IIRO yakapiwa basa rokubetsera dzimwe nhengo dzeIslam Jihad kuwana mabasa mukati me"masangano anobatsira kuvaka mamosque, misha yenherera nemakiriniki". Pakazosvika pakati pema1980, nhengo dzeTirana dzeIslam Jihad dzaiva nenhengo gumi nenhanhatu, kusanganisira nyanzvi yezvitupa zvenhema, mutsva aitsvakwa achipomerwa kubatanidzwa mukuedza kuuraya. Izvi zvakazofumurwa gare gare mukati mekuferefetwa kwakaitwa nemasangano epachivande eAmerica neAlbania. Muna June 1998 maIslamist eEgypt matatu akapomerwa mabasa ehugandanga akasungwa muAlbania, pamwe nekusungwazve munaGunyana mushure mekunge mauto eAlbania asungwa.
1998 United States embassy bombings. )