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Date of source: Thursday, March 1, 2001
The victory of the Muslim Brotherhood in the elections of the Bar Association revealed their increasing political influence in Egypt following their recent victory in the parliamentary elections. The Bar association elections revealed the ruling party’s crisis, as it failed to confront the Islamic...
Date of source:
The Brotherhood won 16 seats out of the 24 on the Bar
Association’s board.
Ragai Atteya, the government’s candidate, who they declared their support for, lost to the
Nasserist’s
candidate Samah Ashour, who won the Bar Association’s top post. Montasser al-Zayyat, the lawyer of
the
Gama’at al-...
Date of source:
The elections
of the Bar Association were postponed until February 24
because the quorum required by law was not
achieved. The Brotherhood declared its support for the government’s
candidate for the Association’s top
post, claiming that he was the best candidate. They also included the name of...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 15, 2006
This press review discusses the growing
influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egyptian
political life, and their constant efforts to control educational
institutions, including governmental
schools. In al-Musawwar magazine, ‘Abd al-Qādir Shāhīb
linked the recent
support of some Egyptian...
Date of source:
The general counselor of
the Brotherhood does not believe the
government responded to their success in the recent parliamentary elections through the
severe and
unjustified verdict of the Military Court in the case of professional syndicates. Two Egyptian human rights
organizations requested...
Date of source:
The Supreme Military Court pronounced its sentence in the case
of the
professional syndicates, in which 20 members of the Brothers are accused. All the accused were
charged with joining a banned
group that was established in violation of the law. Dr. Essam al-Arian, the
spokesman of the...
Date of source: Sunday, November 12, 2006
A group of lawyers belonging to al- Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah held a meeting at the Bar Association to discuss reviving the group’s activities by restructuring the organization and expanding its circle of members.
Date of source: Saturday, November 11, 2006 to Friday, November 17, 2006
This
year’s student union elections in Egyptian universities were
marred by violence and clashes between students affiliated with
the "outlawed" Muslim Brotherhood and
security forces. Muhammad Nūr from Ākhir Sā‘ah
said that the
group’s students violated university regulations governing...
Date of source: Friday, November 3, 2006
The trade union elections held last November showed a clear retreat of the Muslim
Brotherhood candidates, contrary to expectations. Hamdī Rizq’s article reveals the details.
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
The
author
vehemently attacks the Muslim Brotherhood and divulges their “devilish” plans to recruit new
university students
into the organization.
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.