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Date of source: Saturday, October 22, 2005 to Friday, October 28, 2005
Khomeini’s Iran, the Taliban’s Afghanistan, Nimeiri’s Sudan and several other countries have claimed to be ruled according to Islam. Yet such ’Islamic’ rule merely led to backwardness and oppression. The elite in Egypt are terrified by the idea that a theocracy Egypt would bring a whirlpool of...
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2005
In his interview with al-Maydān, Mahdi ‘Ākif, Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, answers questions about the authenticity of the deals with the NDP and foreign organizations.
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2004
By listening to Muhammad Mehdi Akef, the seventh guide of the Islamist organization founded in 1928 by Hassan Al-Banna, one has a feeling of dealing with a personality that is regarded as the "pope" of Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 2004
The strong disagreements that broke out between Al-Tagammu [left wing] Party and the Muslim Brotherhood were due to the personal opinions of Dr. Rifa’at Al-Said who is against the Muslim Brotherhood and political Islam.
Al-Said said that the fact that Al-Tagammu agreed to meet with the Muslim...
Date of source: Monday, August 2, 2004
In a move that has caused much speculation, the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mahdi Akef described Amr Moussa, the secretary general of the Arab league as a “man who swims against the current.”
Observers saw Akef’s statement as an attempt to widen the circle of movement for the...
Date of source: Monday, June 13, 2005
Supreme Guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, Mahdī ‘Ākif, denied that his group has started the confrontation with the regime, saying the group "was just practicing their constitutional right of peaceful demonstration for reform, which was met on the part of the authorities with a spree of...
Date of source: Thursday, March 4, 2004
Mahdi Akef confirmed in an interview with Al-Midan that the timing of the initiative for reform of the Brotherhood has nothing to do with the timing of the announcement of the American initiative for the region. He said that the Brotherhood members are performing their duty as citizens.
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2005
Diplomats and specialists ask what will come of the Muslim Brothers in the coming Egyptian elections if these are opened to them and if they are held, as promised by president Hosni Mubarak, freely?
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2004
In a fresh development of relations between
the Egyptian government and the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, security authorities lifted a nine-
year travel ban slapped on the group’s Supreme Guide Muhammad Mahdi Akef, allowing him to leave
for an omra [lesser pilgrimage.]
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...
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