Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 18, 2001
A heated rivalry over the position of the general secretary of the Islamic Lawyers Association will be witnessed. The deputy who was the founder of Al-Shari’a party is the strongest rival to occupy this position.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 5, 2001
The verdict given in the action of Al-Kosheh has caused a strong line of division between Egypt’s Muslims and Christians. Most Muslims accept the impartiality of the court while many Christians, inside and outside Egypt, expressed their anger in articles, letters and interviews about the verdict....
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2000
In previous parliaments, the main focus of the Brotherhood was fighting kissing and hot scenes appearing on television. They demanded a television that would enforce the Shari’a. They also opposed the Emergency Law. This time they will not focus on the matter of enforcing Shari’a but on the issue...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 7, 2000
The writer confirms the negligence of the different factions that lead to this strife [Fitna]. He said that this negligence represented great danger to the stability of Egyptian society. He also believes that describing the events as "communal strife" [Fitna Ta’ifiyya] is in itself a real danger.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 10, 1999
In a rare public glimpse of a fierce internal debate, Islamist spiritual leader Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman denounced attempts to work within the Egyptian political system by two fledgling Islamist parties.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 1999
Egyptian security authorities recently announced the sudden and completely unexpected arrest of 20 leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 1999
In a continuing clampdown on the clandestine Muslim Brotherhood, security forces on Thursday detained 20 alleged members of the group. Sixteen of the Islamist leaders were picked up as they held a meeting in the Maadi office of the Engineering Organizations’ Union. Others were arrested at their...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 1999
Egyptian authorities launched an unprecedented crackdown against Brotherhood activists in the professional syndicates on October 14, ending a four-year unofficial truce the state had maintained with some of the organization’s more prominent and dynamic members.
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 20, 1999 to الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 26, 1999
Egypt’s largest Islamist militant group, the Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiyya, has announced several new initiatives as part of its effort to switch from violent opposition to the government to a legal alternative, its lawyers said.
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 10, 1999
The writer discusses the recent declaration of the Gama’a Islamiyya that they have decided to stop their violent attacks so that they can engage in party politics.