Date of source: Wednesday, July 30, 2003
The Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the imprisonment of 12 persons for a period of 15 days. These persons are said to form a new fundamentalist cell of the Gama´a Al-Islamiya. They were accused of reviving the activities of the group, whose members have declared the initiative to...
Date of source: Monday, July 28, 2003
The author comments on the interview, which Karam Zuhdi, the leader of the Gama´a Al-Islamiya, had with Asharq Al-Awsat and the ideological reconsideration he stated.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 15, 2003
The author interviewed Karam Zuhdi, the head of the Gama´a Al-Islamiya, in the Aqrab prison, about the Egyptian Gama´a Al-Islamiya. They spoke about recent changes in the opinions of the Gama´a, its attitudes concerning the police, army and state. Zuhdi was asked about the group...
Date of source: Sunday, July 6, 2003
The article is an interview with Muhammad Shu´ayeb, member of the Egyptian Gama´a Al-Islamiya. He said that the group will soon issue a Shari´a-based research concerning the insistence of some fundamentalist groups on committing violent operations which he believes defame Islam. He...
Date of source: Monday, May 26, 2003
Leaders of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya in Egypt stressed that the group will not renounce its anti-violence initiative started in 1997. They excluded the fear that violence operations may return to Egypt after the terrorist operations in Riyadh and Casablanca. They issued a statement in which they...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
An Egyptian fundamentalist source said that imprisoned members of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya have made changes in the organizational structure of the group. These changes follow their publication of four books in which they reconsider their ideologies and declare their renunciation of violence.
Date of source: Saturday, March 29, 2003
The article gives a background about fundamentalist Muhammad Sharaf, who is responsible for the legal committee of the Jihad group and who has been seized recently by Egyptian authorities.
Date of source: Monday, June 9, 2003
The Gama’a Al-Islamiya in Egypt decided to stop teaching its members books that are based on salafi thoughts. They are replaced with books authored by Muslim Brotherhood members despite the conflicts between the two groups.
Date of source: Thursday, February 20, 2003
The military court extended the detention of five fundamentalist members of the Jihad and the Gama´a Al-Islamiya groups. On other hand, the Brotherhood decided not to nominate their prominent leader, Seif Al-Islam, in the coming sub-election in Cairo.
Date of source: Monday, February 17, 2003
Considering himself a member of a moderate Islamic group, that is the Brotherhood, the author responses to an article accusing moderate Islamists of not being concerned about extremist organizations increasing in number because of Al-Qa´ida network.