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Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Despite press reports claiming the rejection of Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiyya to ongoing efforts by some of its former members to establish a political party, the would-be founders vow to move on. Dialogue is said to be taking place between leading members of several Islamist groups including the Gamaa...
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Egypt’s largest Islamist militant group, the Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiyya, has announced several new initiatives as part of its effort to switch from violent opposition to the government to a legal alternative, its lawyers said.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Switzerland’s federal police chief said on May 13 that Egypt believed Saudi-born Osama Bin Laden financed the 1997 attack by militants in Luxor in which 58 foreigners, most of them Swiss, were killed.
Date of source: Thursday, May 13, 1999 to Wednesday, May 19, 1999
Interior Minister Habib El-Adli denied that there is a truce between the security forces and the Gama’a Islamiyya. He said his department acts to reintegrate jailed militants into society once they "repent" and are released. El-Adli also announced that an official probe into allegations of police...
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 1999
The writer discusses the recent declaration of the Gama’a Islamiyya that they have decided to stop their violent attacks so that they can engage in party politics.
Date of source: Monday, May 3, 1999
An interview between Rafa’t Al-Sa’id of the Tagammu’ Party (who is fiercely critical of the Muslim Brotherhood), and Saleem ’Azouz (the interviewer). He says: "A religious [political] party will start or directly lead to terrorism. I tell you frankly that politicization of religion or...
Date of source: Saturday, May 1, 1999
There has currently been extensive talk about continued confrontation with the Jihad underground organization, which is the most dangerous terrorist group. The organization has been receiving heavy blows inside and outside the country. The current period of time has witnessed the handing over to...
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999 to Wednesday, May 5, 1999
In another blow to Islamist militants, 13 members of the clandestine Vanguards of Conquest, an offshoot of the Jihad group, were handed over to Egypt during the past few weeks by South Africa, Yemen, Kuwait and Syria.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 27, 1999
The Ministry of Interior released yesterday 1000 prisoners of the Gama’a Islamiyya who had renounced their terrorist thought. The ministry’s decision is unconnected from any [alleged] deal with terrorists, they said.
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 1999 to Wednesday, April 28, 1999
This trial is the biggest trial of suspected Islamic militants since those that followed the assassination of the late President Anwar Al-Sadat.
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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.