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Date of source: Sunday, May 20, 2001
The sentences of the members of the Gama’at Al-Islamiyya and Jihad organizations, who issued the initiative to cease violence, will end on October 12. The former head of the State Security said that there is no doubt that the cease-violence initiative contributed to the fact that many of the secret...
Date of source: Sunday, February 4, 2001
There is a contradiction between the statements of members of Jihad concerning the initiative of denouncing violence. Nabil Al-Maghrabi surprised fundamentalist circles in Egypt by declaring his support for the initiative. Another statement of support came from eleven leaders in prison. Last month...
Date of source: Thursday, January 18, 2001
The lawyer of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya said that if investigations proved that members of the group were behind the armed robbery of the national bank of Al-Marragha it meant that those who rejected the initiative denouncing violence had begun to take practical steps. A statement was issued by the...
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2000
Osama Bin Laden met with some members of the Egyptian Jihad organization. They announced that they are planning to free Omar Abdel Rahman from his prison. Abdel Rahman’s son called for Jihad [holy war] against America. The article ends by Montasser Al-Zayat’s responding to the question if this call...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 16, 2000
In his book "The Risk in the Deal Between the Government and the Groups of Violence", Abdel Rahim, a journalist for Al-Ahali, speaks about the confrontation between the government and the groups of violence and the deal between them. The book speaks about the "initiative of the Jihad organization"...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 19, 2000
Eleven leaders from the military wing of Al-Jihad, issued a statement in which they renewed their support for the initiative to renounce violence, which, according to them, is for their benefit and for the benefit of all the imprisoned members. They called the leaders of the group to return to...
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2000
Since issuing the non-violence initiative, the Gama’at Al-Islamya is living in a state of disputes and division between two groups. The first group, lead by Mustafa Hamza, was the one behind issuing the non-violence initiative, in March of last year. The other group, headed by Rifai’ Taha,...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2000
The last message of sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, Mufti of the Gama’at Al-Islamya, can only be named a failed attempt to threaten the authorities which still refuse to debate with the groups of violence and terrorism. Al-Midan interviewed Montasser al-Zayyat, the attorney of the Gama’at Al-Islamya to...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 21, 2000
Political circles explained that the rumor about sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, the spiritual leader of Al-Gamaa’t Al-Islamya, withdrawing his support for the no-violence initiative is an attempt to blackmail the Egyptian officials.
Date of source: Saturday, June 24, 2000
[Translator’s note: We found it necessary for the reader to distinguish between Shura Council (Maglis Al-Shura), the Egyptian equivalent of the American Senate and the British House of Lords, compared to Majlis Al-Shura (Please note the spelling used), a part of the Gama’at al-Islamiya organization...
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