At 1:50 PM EEST on 24 November 2017, the al-Rawda mosque was attacked by roughly 40 gunmen during Friday prayers. The mosque is located east of the town of Bir al-Abed in Egypt'sNorth Sinai Governorate. It is one of the main mosques associated with the JaririyaSufi order, one of the largest Sufi orders in North Sinai. The Jaririya order is named for its founder, Sheikh Eid Abu Jarir, who was a member of the Sawarka tribe and the Jarira clan. The Jarira clan resides in the vicinity of Bir al-Abed.[4][5] The attack killed at least 305 people and injured more than 128, making it the deadliest attack in Egyptian history.[1] It is the second deadliest terrorist attack of 2017 to date, after the Mogadishu bombings in October.[6]
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