Date of source:
The Egyptian authorities detained 22 Brotherhood members. At the
same time America
included the group in its lists of terrorist groups. The inclusion of the Brotherhood came after
the
American authorities asked Italy to detain the president of al-Taqwa Bank, which was founded by some...
Date of source:
Al-Akhbar, al-
Ahali,
Sout al-Ummah and Sout al-Azhar tackled the reasons behind the distorted image of Islām in the West and how
to correct it. The four papers agreed on the need for an Arabic-Islamic media capable of addressing the
West and
explaining to it the true Islām.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 6, 2001
Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi and the Muftī of Egypt asked Bin Laden to hand
himself over to save the Afghans from
the American war. al-Qaradawi said that Muslim and Christian
religious leaders could play an important role in
limiting the possibility of a conflict between Muslims
and Christians...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 6, 2001
The Islamic Research Institute issued a
statement declaring
its rejection of associating Islām with terrorism and explaining the true meaning of Jihād in
Islam. The
Brotherhood member Dr. Essam al-Erian said that the definition the Azhar gave of Jihād went along with
the
Brotherhood’s...
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2001 to Monday, November 12, 2001
The head of the
Ansar
Al-Sharī‘a organization in London stressed that Iran handed Rifa’i Taha, the head of the military wing of
the Jamā‘āt al-Islāmīyah over to Syria and they then handed him over to Egypt. Still, fundamentalist
sources in
Egypt did not confirm the news. From another...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 7, 2001
The Egyptian authorities detained 22 Brotherhood
members and charged
them for making an effort to revive the activities of the banned group. The General
Guide of the Brotherhood
expressed his surprise at such detentions and said that nothing happened on the
part of the Brotherhood to harm the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 3, 2001 to Friday, November 9, 2001
In its report for this
week, Rose al-Youssef reflected on the problems the Egyptian
communities in Germany and the USA had faced since
September 11. They also looked at the procedures the
Administration for the Affairs of Egyptians Abroad has taken
to deal with any attacks against immigrant...
Date of source:
Many
conferences about terrorism and the distorted image of Arabs and Muslims in the Western media
were held last week.
The International Council for Mission and Aid held an inter-religious dialogue
conference in the Azhar. The Islamic
Council for inter-civilization dialogue and the Islamic...
Date of source:
Many articles were published in
Watani, al-Ahram and al-Usboa in memoriam to Bishop Gregorios, the
General Bishop of Theological Post Graduate
Studies, Coptic Culture and Scientific Research, who passed
away last week. All the articles in the first two
papers concentrated on the personal...
Date of source: Sunday, October 28, 2001
Al-Arabi published three articles
about Bishop Gregorios, the General Bishop
of Theological Post Graduate Studies, Coptic Culture and Scientific
Research, who passed away a few days
ago. The articles covers the relationship between Pope Shenouda and the late
bishop, an overview of the
most...