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An Egyptian state security court sentenced 14 Muslim militants to up to 15 years in jail with hard labor on March 8 for arson attacks on video shops.
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Bars and shops selling alcohol, video tape rental shops and huge street billboards advertising steamy pictures of Egypt’s top actresses are among the targets of the country’s largest militant organization, Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya.
Date of source: Sunday, January 10, 1999
Interior Minister Habib Al-Adli repeated previous statements that peace talks with "terrorist elements" is off limits.
Date of source: Thursday, January 7, 1999
Islamist lawyer Montasser el-Zayat, the de-facto spokesman of the Al-Gama’at al-Islamiya, showed dozens of letter of members of Amnesty International calling for a dialogue between the government and the leaders of the Gama’at al-Islamiya in order to avoid more bloodshed among civilians.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 5, 1999
Montazar Al-Zayat, lawyer and spokesman of the Gama’at al-Islamiya, requests the Egyptian security authorities to seize the opportunity of the initiative to stop violence.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 30, 1998
A high ranking security consultant has assured in a statement to ’Al-Ahali’ that the ’Gama’at al-Islamiya’ is exerting intense efforts with the US authorities for the release of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the group’s leader who is currently in prison in the US.
Date of source: Friday, December 11, 1998
In a positive reaction to the Gama’at al-Islamiya’s decision a year ago to stop violence, the Ministry of Interior released last Monday the largest number of detainees this year.
Date of source: Friday, December 4, 1998
A few days ago the Egyptian Interior Ministry executed the death punishment that was issued by the military court against three members of the Islamic group.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 2, 1998
After the issue of national unity provoked by the events of Al-Koshh has somewhat settled down, it is important to review some of the dimensions [of the case] in order to know if there is a conspiracy behind it.
Date of source: Saturday, November 21, 1998
Montaser Al-Zayat announced that leaders of Muslim groups who are jailed in Egypt, agreed to cease armed violence.
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.