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The Hanafi Hostage Siege
American Muslim gunmen took more than 100 people hostage in the US capital in 1977. They were converts to the Hanafi branch of Islam and had some very specific demands.
In 1977 a group of American Muslim converts took more than 100 people hostage in Washington DC. They were held captive for more than three days and the siege only ended after ambassadors from Islamic countries helped negotiate with the gunmen. Simon Watts has been speaking to Paul Green, one of the hostages who was held at the Jewish B'nai B'rith centre.
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