Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
While the Jamā‘ah al-
Islamīyah called for legislative means to
release Shaykh ‘Umar ‘Abd al-
Rahmān, al-Qā‘idah called for
the kidnapping of American diplomats to achieve this goal.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Growing fundamentalism has become terrorism and has targeted intellectual and political elite. The reasons for these developments and their consequences are mentioned in the following text.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 26, 1997
The author argues that there is a big campaign going on now in America and Israel against Egypt and the Arabs. This campaign is carried out under the name of protecting and saving the Christians of the Middle East from persecution, but is in fact aimed at stirring up sectarianism,...
Date of source: Saturday, August 26, 2006
‘Isām Dirbālah, a key figure of the Jamā‘ah Islāmīyah, in this interview with al- Ahrām newspaper from prison through his lawyer, says that the Jamā‘ah Islāmīyah, which is getting ready to resume its da‘wa and social activities, is no longer in confrontation with the state and is strongly committed...
Date of source: Friday, August 25, 2006
The leaders of al-Jihād discuss abandoning their ideology of domination.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Few months ago, a number of imprisoned Jihād leaders declared their renunciation of violence, shifting away from their literal approach to the interpretation of Islamic texts towards the socio-historical mode of exegesis that characterizes mainstream Islamic groups.
Date of source: Sunday, August 7, 2005
In a statement published yesterday on al-Jamā‘ah al-
Islāmīyah’s website, the group denied any links to al-Qā‘idah¸ indicating that
Dr. Ayman al-Zawāhirī’s recent videotaped message about the alleged union between some members
of the group and al-Qā‘idah "contradicts reality."
Date of source: Thursday, July 20, 2006
Sources within the "banned" Jihād group have recently revealed that the group is currently considering a non-violence initiative, in response to repeated calls from former leaders of the group to reject violence, Ahmad Imbābī writes. Unlike al-Jamā‘ah al -Islāmīya, the Jihād group has no "...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 5, 2006
In an attempt to promote its recent non-violent approach, al
-Jamā‘ah al-
Islāmīyah has launched a website, which the author says marks a
considerable change in the
ideological stance of the "banned" Islamic group.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf publishes a letter sent in by member of the
Bar Association,
lawyer Muntasir al-Zayyāt, commenting on a news item published by the newspaper on June 26,
2006, which
linked al-Zayyāt’s participation in the Zamālik Sporting Club coming elections to al-
Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya.