Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2004
Legal documents pertaining the latest court session in the trial of Ahmed Abdel Sattar, the legal assistant of the spiritual leader of the Egyptian banned group of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya revealed a strong security cooperation between the US’s FBI and UK’s Scotland Yard obtained by Asharq Al-Awsat...
Date of source: Sunday, December 8, 2002
A Dutch news agency said that the Dutch Administration of Immigration and Foreigners´ Affairs takes the necessary procedures to officially announce that Usama Roshdy is considered persona non grata in The Netherlands.
Date of source: Monday, December 9, 2002
Usama Roshdy, former spokesman of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya, says that he is facing fierce campaign by Dutch media aiming at muzzling and expelling him from The Netherlands. He believes the campaign is the result of reports by the Egyptian Embassy in The Netherlands.
Date of source: Saturday, October 5, 2002 to Friday, October 11, 2002
Some British Islamic groups allowed shedding the blood of a Jewish-American author because he offended Christianity and insulted Jesus Christ in a play that he wrote. They claim that the content of the play is also offensive to Islam because Islam does not differentiate between the three revealed...
Date of source: Saturday, September 21, 2002
The attacks of September 11 supported the official Egyptian viewpoint concerning the activities of radical fundamentalist movements. Before the attacks, Egypt warned Western countries against providing fundamentalists with safe harbor. However, Western countries did not respond to Egyptian demands...
Date of source: Thursday, September 12, 2002
More than 200 German police officers launched an investigation campaign against the Islamic Center in Hamburg. They were looking for someone who is believed to have planned for an armed attack. However, the police did not find anyone with the wanted description and said that the notification was...
Date of source: Monday, August 26, 2002
The conference which fundamentalists in Britain organized in London witnessed many clashes that resulted in detaining six members of the extremist National British Front. The head of the Al-Muhagerun [emigrants] group, called Queen Elizabeth and Toni Blair to convert to Islam.
Date of source: Friday, August 16, 2002
British journalists boycotted a press conference held by Islamic extremists in London as organizers imposed a 30-pound sterling entrance bill. Islamist Omar Bakri said if any of the journalist announces his Islam, he is welcomed for free.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 17, 2002
German officials responsible for combating terrorism are investigating a Moroccan imam on the charge of recruiting some young men to form the “Hamburg cell,” which played an essential role in the September 11 attacks. Also the Spanish authorities detained three Syrian men on the charge of belonging...
Date of source: Saturday, July 20, 2002 to Friday, July 26, 2002
Rose Al-Youssef´s special file for this week covers many different subjects: Terrorists and Islamists living in Britain, Sheikh Amr Khaled´s way of preaching, Islam and politics, the role men of religion can play to build up societies and the issue of hijab in Islam.