Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2005
The EU and the US decided to establish a dialogue with Islamists because of the fear of loss of control over the situation in the Arab region. Though relations between the West and Islamist movements are antagonistic, one cannot neglect the weight of the moderate partners that can contain radical...
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2005
A direct political dialogue with moderate Islamist movements could help to dampen the threat of the jihadi groups. Such is the conclusion of a report recently carried out by a group of American experts. The authors of the document add that the American administration should start to establish...
Date of source: Saturday, May 7, 2005
Summarizing in 13 points the Islamists thoughts.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2005
The political-religious ideas of the Islamic Liberation Party are more evolved than the previous ancestral ideologies. They alert youth to confront the alliance between Jews and western colonialism along with the ragged Arab regimes.
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2004
Those who seek to defend Islam should not brand anyone who tries to practice self-criticism or studying Islam in a way that suits our time a kafir [unbeliever]. They should stop claiming that there is a global conspiracy against Islam led by the devil and his party. They should stop accusing...
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 2004
Those who have doubts about how committed Islamic movements are to the principle of democracy have every reason to doubt. Every single group of these Islamists has practiced bloody violence. These movements have shifted their programs after September 11. Previously, they considered, democracy,...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
It became apparent to me that in four Arab countries, namely Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Lebanon, Islamists are a minority. This does not mean that they are not a majority in newspaper columns or on television screens, especially on satellite channels. But the fact that they are a majority in...
Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
In a study published in Al-Manar [the Minaret] Magazine under the title “the transitions of the Egyptian Islamic movement and its future”, Dr. Kamal Al-Sa’id Habib, a political researcher and one of the founders of the Jihad group, reviews the history of the Islamic movement in Egypt since the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2004
Watani International met with the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Dr. Ali Goma’a, during his visit to London in which he headed a delegation comprising Dr. Muhammad Abu Lila, Dr. Gaffar Abdel Salam and Dr. Zaghloul Al-Naggar. The objective of the visit, as the Grand Mufti stated during a seminar held...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Regarding the future of the Islamic movement, Mamdouh Ismail, the deputy of the founders of Al-Shari’a Party, expresses his opinion that Islamic groups may return to violence. “The increase of internal and external pressures on Islamists and they way they are prevented from forming political...