Date of source: Thursday, January 10, 2002
Montasser Al-Zayyat recorded the experience of his 25 year-relationship with the Islamic movements in Egypt in his new book “Al-Zawahri as I knew him.” The book is not a biography of the leader of the Jihad organization. It is a thorough analysis of the history of the Islamic movements in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Montasser Al-Zayyat said that about 2000 Egyptians were living in Afghanistan. About 500 of them were members in Al-Qa´ida organization. He denied that America has financed the Arab-Afghans in their war against the Soviets. He added that the situation of the Islamic groups became more...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 8, 2002
The administration of the Egyptian prisons separated the imprisoned members of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya from the members of Jihad organization who refused the initiative of denouncing violence. This separation came at the same time as the Egyptian prisons administration allowed the leaders of...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2002
The administration of the Egyptian prisons department organized some meetings for the leaders of the Gama´a Al-Islamiya imprisoned in Tura prison with members of other Gama´at Islamiya jailed in other prisons. Moreover, more than one thousand prisoners of the Gama´a Al-Islamiya have recently been...
Date of source: Sunday, January 6, 2002
As a reaction to Ayman Al-Zawahri´s book “Knights Under the Flag of the Prophet,” Montasser Al-Zayyat wrote a book titled “Ayman Al-Zawahri as I knew [him].” The book expresses Al-Zayyat´s perception of the history of the Islamic movement in Egypt through writing a biography of Al-Zawahri...
Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2002
Montasser Al-Zayyat believes that it is not right at all to say that Arabs and Muslims should target Americans because America is targeting their nations and children. He added that a new plan was to be adopted by the Gama´at Al-Islamiya. The plan insists that Islam is not just violence and counter...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
The author argues that some Muslim scholars were unfairly branded as propagating extremist ideas as far as relations between Muslims and non-Muslims are concerned. He promotes equality for Christians and Muslims, even unto presidential candidates.
Date of source: Saturday, October 29, 2005
Lawyer Muntasir al-Zayyāt has said that the Brotherhood wants to monopolize Islam and politics, noting that the group wants to deny other Islamic currents any representation in parliament.
Date of source: Monday, October 3, 2005
The wife of the leader of the banned Egyptian Islamic group al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya, Dr. ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān, who is serving a life sentence in U.S. jails, says that her husband’s health is deteriorating due to lack of medical care in U.S. prisons.
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2004
Muslim fundamentalists in the UK will rally in front of the British Parliament on October 10 demanding the release of Abu Hamza Al-Masry, the leader of the group of Ansar Al-Shari’a [The advocates of Shari’a]. The rally will takes place few days before the date of the court session in which a...