Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2004
For more than twenty
-five years, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim has been participating in making events all over the Arab
World. He propagated the culture of human rights when he first founded The Arab Organization for
Human Rights. He then embraced the cause of minorities in his conference in 1994 on...
Date of source: Monday, January 12, 2004
Due to the fact that he is close to decision-making
circles, or to be more correct at their center, he knows all the facts. He is a good reader of
various issues, with all their reflections and the input on current situations. Here lies the
importance of this interview with Dr. Usama Al-Baz, the...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 27, 2004
The
article is an interview with Dr. Reverend Ekram Lama’i, pastor of an Evangelical Church in
Shubra, and a professor at the Evangelical Theological Seminary. Rev. Dr. Lama’i, who is also the
author of many important books about religion, the religious discourse and Zionist penetration of...
Date of source: Friday, February 6, 2004
Muhammad Said Al-Ashmawi criticizes statements by the seventh supreme guide of
the Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Mahdi ‘Akef, in TV and newspapers interviews. ‘Akef stated the
Muslim Brotherhood is a political group.
The author concludes affirming that the declarations
of Muhammad Mahdi ‘Akef are...
Date of source: Friday, February 6, 2004
Ahmad Hamroush comments on interviews with the new supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood,
Muhammad Mahdi ‘Akef, which occupied much of the Egyptian press. In light of the history of this
group, the writer deduces the attitudes of the new leader towards aggressive attacks and
assassinations.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 28, 2004
The article is the second part of the overview of the book “Al-
Ekhwan Al-Muslimun…Al-Hader wa Al-Mustaqbal…Awraq fi Al-Naqd Al-Zaty” [The Muslim Brotherhood…The
Present and the Future…Papers of Self-criticism] by Sameh Eid, who used to be a member of the
Brotherhood’s younger generation.
The...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 11, 2004
The article is an overview of a master’s thesis conducted by Kariman Ibrahim El-Maghraby in 1997 entitled “The Muslim Brotherhood: From Hassan El Banna to Sayyed Qutb." The thesis narrates the history of the Brotherhood since its initiation in Ismailiya. The thesis criticizes the attitudes of...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Muhammad Mahdi Akef
rejects the projects of change that come from abroad, stressing that change that is effected by
force or top level decision will have a limited effect. “Solutions imported from abroad will not
solve our problems,” Akef said.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2004
The outlawed Muslim Brotherhood has rejected accusations of being a terrorist group, stressing its desire to serve Egypt’s interests and to achieve security and
stability in the country.
- See art. 6: Who rules the Azhar…the Grand Imam or the US ambassador?!
- See art. 12: Sectarian strife or...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2004
Magdi Khalil [see AWR, 2004. week 49, art. 7] argues, that the Muslim Brotherhood only uses democratic procedures as methods to obtain their aim, the political power of the country. He assumes that after having taken power, they would then reject the democratic system in their political life...