Editing Anwar Sadat (section)

==Aftermath==
Sadat was succeeded by his vice president Hosni Mubarak, whose hand was injured during the attack. Sadat's funeral was attended by a record number of dignitaries from around the world, including a rare simultaneous attendance by three former US presidents: [[Gerald Ford]], [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Richard Nixon]]. [[Sudan]]'s President [[Gaafar Nimeiry]] was the only Arab head of state to attend the funeral. Only 3 of 24 states in the [[Arab League]]{{snd}}Oman, Somalia and Sudan{{snd}}sent representatives at all.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/10/09/Sadat-goes-to-heros-grave-in-pyramid/2259371448000/ | title=Sadat goes to hero's grave in pyramid | first=W.G. | last=Kirolos  | work=[[United Press International]] | date=9 October 1981}}</ref> Israel's prime minister, [[Menachem Begin]], considered Sadat a personal friend and insisted on attending the funeral, walking throughout the funeral procession so as not to desecrate the Sabbath.<ref>Avner, Yehuda (2010). ''The Prime Ministers'' (p. 575). The Toby Press, LLC. Kindle Edition.</ref> Sadat was buried in [[Unknown Soldier Memorial (Egypt)|the unknown soldier memorial in Cairo]], across the street from the stand where he was assassinated.

Over three hundred Islamic radicals were indicted in the trial of assassin Khalid Al-Islambuli, including future [[al-Qaeda]] leader [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]], [[Omar Abdel-Rahman]], and [[Abd al-Hamid Kishk]]. The trial was covered by the international press and Zawahiri's knowledge of English made him the de facto spokesman for the defendants. Zawahiri was released from prison in 1984. [[Aboud El Zomor|Abboud al-Zomor]] and Tareq al-Zomor, two [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad|Islamic Jihad]] leaders imprisoned in connection with the assassination, were released on 11 March 2011.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world/middleeast/18egypt.html | title=Egypt Releases Brother of Al Qaeda's No. 2 | first=Liam | last=Stack| work=[[The New York Times]] | date=17 March 2011}}</ref>

Despite these facts, the nephew of the late president, [[Talaat Sadat]], claimed that the assassination was an international conspiracy. On 31 October 2006, he was sentenced to a year in prison for [[Defamation|defaming]] Egypt's armed forces, less than a month after he gave the interview accusing Egyptian generals of masterminding his uncle's assassination. In an interview with a Saudi television channel, he also claimed both the United States and Israel were involved noting that no one from the special personal protection group of Sadat fired a single shot during the killing, and not one of them has been put on trial.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6064146.stm | title=Sadat nephew in court appearance | work=[[BBC News]] | date=18 October 2006}}</ref>