Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 2019
ʿAlāʾ al-Aswānī grew up in a family with a history of national struggle and a good education that made him a skilled computer programmer. Like millions of young people in Egypt, he dreamed of democratic change. In 2005 he created a blog in his name and his wife Manal which called for an end to...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 3, 2012
Dr. Safwat 'Abd al-Ghanī, member of al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah's Shūrá Council stated that the broadcasted statement attributed to al-Jamā’ah on allegedly issuing a fatwá apostatizing voters who are against the referendum of apostasy, has raised a wave of surprise and consternation.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 11, 2014
Senior leader of the Islamic Reform Front Organisation,ʿAmr ʿAbd al-Shakūr ʿAmir, said the main reason for the end of good relations between al-Jamaʿa al-Islamiyyah and the Islamic Community, is because the Jamāl Hishmat [Gamal Heshmat] is attacking Assim ʿAbd al-Mājid (member of Shura Council)...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 8, 2014
After a few members of Muslim Brotherhood attacked Dr. Yāssir al-Burhāmī during his walk in the Prophet’s Mosque in al- Madīnah al- Munawarrah [Saudi Arabia], anger prevailed over Salafi circles.
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Interviewers: Quinta Smit and Eline Kasanwidjojo
Language of interview: English, Arabic
Interpreter: Dr. Wafāʾ Ḥafnī
Transcript: not mentioned
Approved: Requested and no objection received
Dr. Wafāʾ Hafnī, Dr. Sanā’ and Dr. Ishtihād; granddaughter and daughters of Ḥasan al-Bannā give personal...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 1, 2007
ʿIṣām al-ʿIrīyān was born in 1954 in Giza, Egypt. al-ʿIrīyān is a member of the “middle generation" of Brotherhood leaders, who developed their political stance in students’ politics in the early 1970s. He maintains a fundamentally Islamic world view and as such propagates the application of the...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 1, 2006
Michael Munīr was born in 1968 in Egypt in Abu Qurqas near Minia to a Coptic Catholic family even though he today considers himself Coptic Orthodox. Munīr refers to his life in Egypt as a member of an oppressed Christian minority without religious freedom, citing this as his reason to emigrate to...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 5, 2014
Following the passage of the 2012 Egyptian constitution in a disputed and divisive referendum, Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad al-Biltājī praised the text and tried to assuage opponents of any flaws it might contain.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 4, 2012
Members of the Shūrá Council lashed out at foreign grants and awards, calling members of the Shūrá Council not to accept these donations as it gives an opportunity for foreign spread and espionage on the country.
A number of members called for amending international agreements that has to do with...