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Date of source: Monday, January 10, 2005
Muntasir al-Zayyāt has always been a reference constantly sought by the mass media for information or memories to ruminate about ‘prisoners,’ ‘detainees,’ ‘returnees’ or ‘fugitives.’ He knows almost all hawkish or dovish Islamists and was always there as part of the saga that gripped a whole...
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2005
For the first time Muntasir al-Zayyāt [lawyer of the Jamācāt al-Islāmīya] states reasons behind the defeat of fanatic groups in Egypt. In his book Al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya…Ru’ya min al-Dākhil [the Jamācāt al-Islāmīya …A look from within], he explains the causes of peace reigning over Egypt whilst...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Al-Wafd starts a series of articles on the future of movements of political Islam in Egypt, their attitude towards democracy, participation and circulation of authority. In this article it reviews the most important Islamic movements that adopted violence in order to reach power and their attitude...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
Montasser Al-Zayat mentioned that Ayman Al-Zawahri and Usama bin Laden would commit suicide, if they felt that they would be arrested. He stresses that they have the shari’a-related sources that justify committing suicide in the case of fear of being captured and facing pressures to divulge...
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2001
The article is a comment by Montasser Al-Zayyat on the criticism Ayman Al-Zawahri leveled against him in his recently found memoirs "Fersan taht rayet el-nabiy" [Knights under the Flag of the Prophet]. He said he was surprised, like others, at the text of the initiative being read in the Military...
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2001
In his book "Knights under the flag of the Prophet," Ayman Al-Zawahri directed much criticism against Montasser Al-Zayyat, the fundamentalists’ lawyer, for sponsoring the initiative to cease violence. Al-Zawahri claimed that Al-Zayyat enjoys security facilities that many ministers do not enjoy and...
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2001
Ahmed Abdel-Rahman, who is supposed to be a leader in Al-Qa’eda organization and the son of the spiritual leader of the Egyptian Gama’at Al-Islamiya, was detained in Kabul. His family asked for his acquittal, claiming that he had no relation with Al-Qa’eda organization.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2001 to Friday, December 7, 2001
Behind any terrorist organization there is a mufti deciding what is halal and what is haram according to his point of view. The article gives an overview of the most famous muftis of terrorist organizations and the fatwas they issued.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2001
The article gives an overview of the history of Refa’i Ahmed Taha, the leader of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya, the terrorist actions he committed, and the reports about the Syrian authorities handing him over to Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 14, 2001
The leaders of the Egyptian Gama’at Al-Islamiya, who are living outside Egypt, are making great efforts to verify the location of Refa’i Ahmed Taha after the breaking of news about him being arrested in Syria and recently being handed over to the Egyptian authorities.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.