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The Swedish authorities handed
over to Egypt Ahmed Hussein Egiza, the leader of the
Tala’a al-Fath...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 6, 2001
The Islamic Research Institute issued a
statement declaring
its rejection of associating Islām with terrorism and explaining the true meaning of Jihād in
Islam. The
Brotherhood member Dr. Essam al-Erian said that the definition the Azhar gave of Jihād went along with
the
Brotherhood’s...
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The Taliban ruling Afghanistan denied recent reports about its agreement to exchange two
Americans, who were accused, with another six aid workers, of Christian missionary activity in Afghanistan,
for
Omar Abdel Rah...
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Montasser al- Zayyat, the lawyer of the Jamā‘āt al-Islāmīyah was interviewed by al-Midan, Asharq al-Awsat and al-Hayat. In the statements he gave to the three papers he commented on the initiative denouncing violence, the government’s reaction towards it, the differences between the Jamā...
Date of source:
The Brotherhood won 16 seats out of the 24 on the Bar
Association’s board.
Ragai Atteya, the government’s candidate, who they declared their support for, lost to the
Nasserist’s
candidate Samah Ashour, who won the Bar Association’s top post. Montasser al-Zayyat, the lawyer of
the
Gama’at al-...
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The elections
of the Bar Association were postponed until February 24
because the quorum required by law was not
achieved. The Brotherhood declared its support for the government’s
candidate for the Association’s top
post, claiming that he was the best candidate. They also included the name of...
Date of source:
From his jail in the United States, Shaykh Omar Abdel
Rahman, the spiritual leader of al-
Gamaa’t al-Islāmīyah in Egypt, issued a controversial statement, in
which he withdrew his support for their initiative to
abandon violence. This initiative was originally
launched in July 1997.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Jihād’s leadership is reconsidering, with some reservation, their ideology of violence. Changes are being discussed among the group members. A final first draft will soon be issued.
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
This article says that the
agreement reached between Sāmih
‘āshūr’s supporters and the Muslim Brotherhood is
only temporary, because the Brotherhood is
unable to manage the bloc by itself.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
Muntasir al-Ziyāt discusses the events and political context preceding the
assassination of
al-Sadāt and describes the motives of the perpetrator, Khālid Ahmad Shawqī
al-
‘Islāmboulī.
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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.