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Date of source: Wednesday, February 7, 2001
A group of lawyers started lawsuits demanding the Bar Association elections be delayed until new candidates are chosen. Another lawyer sent a warning about starting a lawsuit against the judiciary committee. A Brotherhood meeting was held, aimed at confronting the negativities of the now-announced...
Date of source: Sunday, February 4, 2001
Islamist Lawyers Abroad have renewed their trust in Montasser Al-Zayyat as secretary general of their association. The association [Islamist Lawyers Front] survived the disagreements among its members, which caused Al-Zayyat to hand in his resignation. Al-Zayyat’s resignation was rejected at a...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 2, 2000
The members of the Islamist Lawyer’s Front overcame the crisis, which led to its secretary’s, Montasser Al-Zayyat, attempted resignation. At a meeting of members of the Front Al-Zayyat’s resignation was rejected. They declared their support for Zayyat in the coming Bar Association elections.
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: Saturday, December 16, 2000
Disagreements within the Islamist Lawyers’ Front led to the resignation of Montasser Al-Zayyat, its secretary general. Al-Zayyat said that he wrote the resignation last April, but he delayed submitting it until after the date of the elections of the Bar Association was set, fearing that it might be...
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: 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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