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Islamism is rapidly changing and loosing ground in Egyptian society. The writer is an expert at the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies and the managing editor of the annual State of Religion in Egypt Report.
Date of source: Sunday, March 7, 1999 to Saturday, March 13, 1999
Hassan "Karatiya" Sultan is still in Imbaba - but this time he is no longer wearing his galabeyya, opting instead for more western-style jeans and a clean shave. It has been a while since the television cameras came down to this neck of Imbaba, Cairo, to hear Sultan tell the story of his turnaround...
Date of source: Thursday, February 11, 1999 to Wednesday, February 17, 1999
Forty-four suspected members of Egypt’s most violent militant organization, Jihad, last week pleaded not guilty before a military court to charges of membership of an illegal group bent on using terror to overthrow the government, planning the assassination of top officials and security staff, and...
Date of source: Thursday, February 4, 1999 to Wednesday, February 10, 1999
Only 43 suspected militants out of 107 defendants listed on the indictment bill were present at the opening of the military trial on Monday of leading figures in Egypt’s second largest, but more violent, militant organization -- Islamic Jihad.
Date of source: Sunday, February 7, 1999 to Saturday, February 13, 1999
State repression of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement has increased considerably in recent years, according to a report released by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) on January 12.
Date of source: Friday, January 15, 1999
An interview with the Minister of Interior about the security situation; releasing fundamentalist detainees, fighting terrorism, the minister’s refusal to meet with the Muslims Brothers, the branch of the F. B. I. in Cairo, Egypt’s attitude to Britain’s refusal to extradite terrorists.
Date of source: Monday, December 21, 1998
The State Security caught a 20 years old student in Assiut who has been sending letters in the name of the Gama’at al-Islamiya to extort money from an engineer living in Assiut.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 12, 1998
[and in Al-Ahram of the same day]
Journalistic sources in Holland revealed yesterday that Holland gives refuge to 300 to 400 Muslim extremists.
Date of source: Friday, August 7, 1998
A official source in the Interior Ministry denied the existence of information about any threats from the militant group Al-Jihad to launch attacks against American targets.
Date of source: Thursday, July 23, 1998
The official web site of the Gama’a Islamiya is www.morabiton.org.