Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Egyptian police tighten their watch over foreign Azhar students for fear that
they will recruit other
students to join jihād movements.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 12, 2006
The article discusses the issue of international terrorist groups working in Egypt and provides information on the group, its leaders and its policies.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Police authorities finally arranged a meeting between prisoner Abū ‘Umar and his family after detaining him in an unknown location for three years. Abū ‘Umar had been arrested by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its Italian counterpart, in Milan in 2003 over his alleged relations with...
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Lawyer of Islamic groups, Muntasir al-Zayyāt, who defends
Hasan Mustafa Usāma Nasr, otherwise known
as Abu ‘Umar al-Misrī, has recently revealed
that al-Misrī is planning to sue the former
Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, for being involved in
his abduction and deportation to Egypt...
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2006
A member of the Islamic Liberation Party in the United Kingdom, Mājid Nawāz, was released last week from an Egyptian jail after serving three-quarters of his five-year jail term, which was on charges of spreading his party’s ideology in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 1, 2006
The author notes the imprisonment and release of several British members of the Islamic group Hizb al-Tahrir. The author adds that perhaps their imprisonment should never have occurred, since some argued that they ever only expressed their opinions peacefully.
Date of source: Thursday, December 13, 2001
Usama Rushdie, a leader in the Gama’at Al-Islamiya, said that he would not be extradited to the Egyptian authorities because there is no agreement between Egypt and Holland for exchanging fugitives.
Date of source: Sunday, February 28, 1999 to Saturday, March 6, 1999
Egypt is holding three suspected Muslim militants who were arrested in the United Arab Emirates and handed over to Cairo in February, a London-based Islamic organization said on February 24.
Date of source: Monday, December 28, 1998
The year 1998 has passed with no terrorist acts unlike the many years passed leaving sad memories of terrorism. Security specialists agreed the wise policy of the new Minster of Interior, Major General Habib Al-Adly, is the reason.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
Military prosecutors are questioning more than 50 suspects, including more than a dozen extradited by other countries, in connection with the 1995 suicide bombing of the Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad which killed 16 people.