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Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2001
The Muslim Brotherhood group was able to defeat its Islamic political rivals, the Jihad and the Gama’at Al-Islamiya, in the Bar Association. This was after a crisis started raising questions about the possibility of radical groups carrying out political work in an inappropriate way after their...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
A heated rivalry over the position of the general secretary of the Islamic Lawyers Association will be witnessed. The deputy who was the founder of Al-Shari’a party is the strongest rival to occupy this position.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2001
Rumors indicated that Montasser Al-Zayyat is stopping his legal practice in Egypt and is seeking refuge in Qatar because of the pressure on him after fundamentalists abroad disagreed with the armistice initiative. Al-Zayyat denied planning to escape Egypt and seeking refuge in Qatar. He said he...
Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2001
The British Home Secretary made a list with the names of 15 Islamist groups whose activities are prohibited under the new Anti-Terrorism Law. Palestinian Hamas considered the British law supportive to Israel. Hezbollah rejected being classified by the British authorities as a terrorist...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 7, 2001
The US State Department of Foreign Affairs issued its 25th report on human rights. It criticized the harsh restrictions imposed on freedom of expression and the press. It mentioned that the Christian minority suffers from discrimination, especially when matters are related to the building and...
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2001
Al-Hayat received a statement signed by the Islamic Quds Committee. The statement attacked the Brotherhood group and the way in which it dealt with the lawyer of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya, in the Bar’s elections. An official in the Quds Committee, denied that the committee had issued this statement....
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2001
A leader within the Egyptian Gama’a Al Islamiya thinks that the Copts of Egypt should be considered as Kufar [unbelievers] with whom Muslims have no peace treaty. By doing this he has given permission for extremists to kill Copts, and capture their women and children, to exchange for the group’s...
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2001
The Egyptian Gama’a Al-Islamiya criticized appealing against Al-Kosheh rulings, considering it a procedure taken in a negative direction. It considered not trying the three priests, whom the court accused of inciting Al-Kosheh riots, a "compliment to the Coptic minority at the expense of the Muslim...
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2001
Refa’i Taha, the military leader of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya, called for killing the Americans and Jews wherever they are. In his latest book he described them as unbelievers and aggressors who are attacking Muslim’s land and honor.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 2, 2000
The members of the Islamist Lawyer’s Front overcame the crisis, which led to its secretary’s, Montasser Al-Zayyat, attempted resignation. At a meeting of members of the Front Al-Zayyat’s resignation was rejected. They declared their support for Zayyat in the coming Bar Association elections.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.