Date of source: Saturday, September 21, 2002
The Egyptian government accused the Muslim Brotherhood of seeking to overturn the regime and establish an Islamic Caliphate. The higher State Security Prosecution decided to put 17 Brotherhood members in jail for 15 days pending further investigations. It also ordered the arrest of three other...
Date of source: Saturday, September 21, 2002 to Friday, September 27, 2002
Youssef Nada´s relationship with the Brotherhood started more than half a decade ago. He left Egypt for Libya and went to Europe to start his business there. He established Al-Takwa Bank, naming other members of the Brotherhood as investors in the bank so they share in the profits
Date of source: Saturday, September 21, 2002 to Friday, September 27, 2002
The USA accused Youssef Nada, one of the richest, most prominent leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood abroad, of funding terrorism. He distorted the image of the Brotherhood in an interview he gave to Jezirah TV. The interview showed that the core of the Brotherhood is more political than religious
Date of source: Wednesday, September 11, 2002
An audiotape titled “Al-Banna, the Imam of the Generations” has been issued recently. The tape contains preaching and songs praising the Brotherhood. The words of the songs are written by Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi.
Date of source: Saturday, August 31, 2002 to Friday, September 6, 2002
The Brotherhood spread rumors that some of its members were able to penetrate the National Party in Giza during the last elections. Spreading rumors is one of the Muslim Brotherhood illegitimate means of politics. They spread rumors via various channels that reach the common people and then a...
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2001
The Muslim Brotherhood is not at its best these days. A great number of its members have been arrested and its activity has become almost nonexistent. Asharq Al-Awsat interviewed the general guide of the group on this subject
Date of source: Wednesday, July 24, 2002
Ma´amoun Al-Hodeibi said that president Gamal Abdel Nasser pledged allegiance to the Brotherhood with the sword and the Qur´an. He added that Khaled Mohei Eddin, Nasser´s companion and a member of the Free Officers group, authenticated this incident. The daughter of Abdel Nasser...
Date of source: Saturday, July 6, 2002 to Friday, July 12, 2002
Rose El-Youssef´s special file on extremism for this week shows how the magazine resisted extremism. It also discussed the reasons for Egypt´s success in overcoming terrorism, the issue of the cassettes containing lectures by sheikhs who claim to preach in the name of religion, the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 23, 2002
The founder of Al-Shari´a Party regretted that the editor-in-chief of Al-Mussawar´s interview with the leaders of Al-Gama´at Al-Islamiya ignored the legitimacy of Jihad in Palestine. The general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood laughed at those who think that the Gama´at Al-Islamiya can play the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2002
Al-Arabi wrote that the Brotherhood did not participate in the demonstrations against the events in Palestine. Yet, other papers claimed that the Brotherhood was behind most of the demonstrations. Brotherhood members explained that the Palestinian issue is always at the top of their agenda and...