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Islamic intellectual Jamāl al-Bannā states that his late brother Hasan al-Bannā, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood group, was in leadership similar to Communist leader Lenin. At the same time, he calls to remove the second article of the Egyptian constitution, which stipulates Islām...
From his jail in the United States, Shaykh Omar Abdel Rahman, the spiritual leader of al- Gamaa’t al-Islāmīyah in Egypt, issued a controversial statement, in which he withdrew his support for their initiative to abandon violence. This initiative was originally launched in July 1997.
A group of lawyers belonging to al- Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah held a meeting at the Bar Association to discuss reviving the group’s activities by restructuring the organization and expanding its circle of members.
The Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah revealed its new political ideology to reject using violence against society. The group is due to hold meetings with its leaders as the government releases its members from prisons.
Jihād’s leadership is reconsidering, with some reservation, their ideology of violence. Changes are being discussed among the group members. A final first draft will soon be issued.
While the Jamā‘ah al- Islamīyah called for legislative means to release Shaykh ‘Umar ‘Abd al- Rahmān, al-Qā‘idah called for the kidnapping of American diplomats to achieve this goal.
A new website has been set up by al-Hikāyma which aims to criticize the former leadership of Jamā‘ah Islamīyah and their disavowal of violence.
This article describes how political Islam is trying to move forward from its violent past and look like a civilized movement in Egyptian society.
Angry reactions to Pope Benedict’s remarks on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad continued for a second week. Some Muslim figures, including Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Malaysian Prime Minister ‘Abd Allāh Ahmad Badawī, have accepted the pope’s regret at the furious reactions to his remarks...

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