Date of source: Monday, January 10, 2005
Muntasir al-Zayyāt has always been a reference constantly sought by the mass media for information or memories to ruminate about ‘prisoners,’ ‘detainees,’ ‘returnees’ or ‘fugitives.’ He knows almost all hawkish or dovish Islamists and was always there as part of the saga that gripped a whole...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Al-Wafd starts a series of articles on the future of movements of political Islam in Egypt, their attitude towards democracy, participation and circulation of authority. In this article it reviews the most important Islamic movements that adopted violence in order to reach power and their attitude...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2004
Any action from the Egyptian government to spur reform of the Azhar is met with accusations and lawsuits from Azhar scholars, parliament members, and Islamist activists, claiming that these reforms are in response to American pressure. Nevertheless, the debate continues as to whether the Azhar...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
The former secretary of the State Security Investigation Department stated that all terrorist groups are various faces of the same coin, which includes the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Thursday, December 13, 2001
Usama Rushdie, a leader in the Gama’at Al-Islamiya, said that he would not be extradited to the Egyptian authorities because there is no agreement between Egypt and Holland for exchanging fugitives.
Date of source: Thursday, December 13, 2001
The article is a comment by Usama Rushdie, a leader in the Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiya, on the memoirs of Ayman Al-Zawahri. He stressed that the opinion he expressed in the article does not represent the attitude of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya as he is not authorized to speak on behalf of them.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
The article raises the question of whether the collapse of Taliban means the end for the Islamic groups. It also speaks about the need for a modern Islamic project that gathers together all Muslims in order to present a bright picture of Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
Gamal Al-Banna believes that the violence of the Islamic groups is a reaction to the barbaric torture practiced by the State against the Muslim Brotherhood in the time of president Gamal Abdel-Nasser. Dr. Essam Al-Eryan said that some Islamic groups believe in the necessity of military action as a...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
An expert in Al-Ahram Political and Strategic Studies Center said that the concept of political Islam appeared in the mid-seventies due to an American study on the Iranian Revolution and Khomeini. He added that Islamic groups are divided into two sections, namely, Islamic religious movements and...
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2001
The article is a comment by Montasser Al-Zayyat on the criticism Ayman Al-Zawahri leveled against him in his recently found memoirs "Fersan taht rayet el-nabiy" [Knights under the Flag of the Prophet]. He said he was surprised, like others, at the text of the initiative being read in the Military...