Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Three runaway suspects turned themselves in to the Egyptian authorities, increasing the number of arrested Muslim Brotherhood members to fifty-eight. One Muslim Brotherhood member, Muhammad Ibrahim, has yet to be arrested.
The prosecution for Higher State Security sentenced the three suspects to...
Date of source: Monday, June 7, 2004
To whom do I complain of my hurt and pain when I read what was published in the newspapers about the arrest of fifty-two members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the confiscation of their personal funds, and the closing down of their enterprises? It has been reported that those arrested are among the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 2004
The second chapter of the charter of the banned Muslim Brotherhood portrays the members as chosen by God to establish an Islamic State on earth. Their talk of democracy in this latest initiative is merely an opportunistic ploy. They continuously and repeatedly seek to abort democracy by playing...
Date of source: Monday, June 7, 2004
The daughter of Adel Imam [a famous Egyptian actor] married the son of a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Imam has tried to convince us over the years that he is fighting against terrorism, and then suddenly he enters hand in hand with the group from which all other extremist and terrorist groups...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 8, 2004
[This article was previously translated last week from Al-Hayat newspaper issue of May 26 under the title “The [Muslim] Brotherhood members were divided about the ideas of [Sayyed] Qutb that was based on the takfir-based ideology [accusing a person or the society as a whole of unbelief].The supreme...
Date of source: Monday, June 7, 2004
The Muslim Brotherhood is keen on intermarrying with elite members of society, whether they are politicians or businessmen, in order to guarantee the highest degree of support for their group. This is the reason for the Brotherhood’s blessing of the marriage between the son of Nabil Moqbel, an...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 8, 2004
The articles about the hijab and the niqab affair written by the intellectual Hussein Ahmad Amin, which were published in issues 214 and 215, elicited controversial reactions. The debate around the veil, as presented by Amin, is a scientific dialogue and should not be related to his personal views...
Date of source: Friday, June 4, 2004
In his address at the opening ceremony for the Conference of Islamic Dialogue in Qatar, the Azhar sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, confirmed that religious freedom is an essential part of the Islamic shari’a, and that force and belief are two contradictory notions.
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
What led me to interview Dr. Ayman Sabri Farag, or Abu Gaffar Al-Masry Al-Kandahari, was not his ideas, most of which I disagree with. Apart from this, there are many who embrace the same ideas. I was actually attracted to his outstanding, unique loyalty to and total absorption in his own ideas,...
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 2004
The sparks of sectarian strife increases daily, and everyone must take a firm stance on the issue in order to quell that fire. This time, sectarian strife is seen through the media in the press and on satellite channels, which anger both Muslims and Christians.