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The founder of an Algerian opposition party outlawing for the creation of an Islamic state died Wednesday in Qatar, where he was living in exile, said his close ally to the # 39; AFP.
Abbadi Madani died at the age of 88 "in a Doha hospital after a long illness," said Ali Belhadj, adding that members of his family had informed him of the death.
Madani, who has been living in Qatar since 2003, founded the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) with Belhadj in 1989.
He called for armed struggle in 1992 after the Algerian army canceled the country's first multi-party legislative elections.
The FIS was in the process of winning an absolute majority in the polls and the violence that followed plunged the country into a decade of civil war that claimed the lives of 200,000 people, according to official figures.
Madani "wanted to be buried in Algeria, but I do not know if it will be possible," Belhadj added.
The former head of the FIS's armed wing, Madani Mezrag, confirmed the death of Madani, telling AFP that he had also been informed by members of his family.
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