Date of source: Monday, October 10, 2005
Pope Shenouda has always cited incidents of assaults on churches and Copts by some members of al-Jamā‘at al-Islāmīya, accusing the police of slackness in dealing with the assailants.
Date of source: Monday, October 3, 2005
The wife of the leader of the banned Egyptian Islamic group al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya, Dr. ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān, who is serving a life sentence in U.S. jails, says that her husband’s health is deteriorating due to lack of medical care in U.S. prisons.
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2005 to Friday, October 7, 2005
A state of calm prevails once again in the prison cells of the al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya detainees after leader of the Jamā‘a, Karam Zuhdī, rescinded his statement in which he declared his full support for President Mubārak.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Wā’il Lutfī writes about ‘Amr Khālid as a phenomenon.
Date of source: Sunday, September 25, 2005
London-based Egyptian fundamentalist and director of London’s al-Maqrizi Center for Historical Studies, Hānī al-Sibā‘ī, told al-Sharq al-Awsat that he will hold the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights responsible for any harm that befalls him if he is deported to Egypt.
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: Monday, October 11, 2004
I do agree with Dr. Gabir Asfour that works of art should not be subjected to censorship. However, this has nothing to do with the Egyptian movie Baheb Al-Sima. The church did not even officially ask to see it before it was released. Some men of religion considered the movie an insult to...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
Competition in the Bar Association elections is expected to be between Sameh Ashour, the present chief, and Raga’i Attia, his former competitor. The Muslim Brotherhood insists on overthrowing Ashour no matter how. Muhammad Touson, the person in charge of the lawyers’ department at the Guidance...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2004
Muslim fundamentalists in the UK will rally in front of the British Parliament on October 10 demanding the release of Abu Hamza Al-Masry, the leader of the group of Ansar Al-Shari’a [The advocates of Shari’a]. The rally will takes place few days before the date of the court session in which a...
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 2004
A prosecution witness in the lawsuit of the attorney of the spiritual leader of the banned Egyptian group of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya Omar Abdel Rahman, accused of helping her client [Abdel Rahman] to contact members of terrorist groups outside the US, of being gluttonous.
Dr. David Edward, who...