Date of source: Sunday, July 6, 2003
The article is an interview with Muhammad Shu´ayeb, member of the Egyptian Gama´a Al-Islamiya. He said that the group will soon issue a Shari´a-based research concerning the insistence of some fundamentalist groups on committing violent operations which he believes defame Islam. He...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2003
A Federal Court in Canada renews the detention of an Egyptian fundamentalist leader accused of having relations with the Egyptian Jihad Organization.
Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2003
Egyptian authorities released a number of leaders of the Jihad movement after making sure that they no longer have relations with Ayman Al-Zawahri, the number two man of Al-Qa’ida.
Date of source: Friday, April 4, 2003
The Egyptian Supreme Military Court decided to extend the jail terms of two defendants in the lawsuit of Gund Allah [God´s Soldiers] group. The Supreme State Security Prosecution also extended the jail terms of three defendants accused of belonging to Al-Takfir wa Al-Hegra group [Accusation of...
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2003
The Egyptian Supreme Military Court renewed the jail of eight defendants in the lawsuit of Gund Allah [God’s Soldiers] for 15 days pending further investigations. The case involves 43 defendants regarded as one of the cells of the Jihad group.
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2003
Supreme State Security Court endorsed a sentence issued against fundamentalist Ahmed Abdel Hafez, member of the Jihad group, in absentia in 1992. He fled for more than 15 years and was later extradited to Egypt by Bosnia.
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Investigations with members of Gund Allah [Soldiers of God] group showed that they were planning to bomb the American and Israeli embassies in Cairo. Some of them were able to enter the US embassy more than once with the claim of requesting entry visas to the US.
Date of source: Friday, March 7, 2003
Egyptian security authorities arrested 15 persons members of a new group affiliated with Al-Takfir wa Al-Higra [accusation of unbelief and immigration] organization in Alexandria. On the other side, the Supreme Military Court decided to extend the jail time 15 days for two of the defendants in the...
Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2003
The Supreme State Security Prosecution sentenced Nabil Ahmed Suleiman, member of the Jihad Organization, to five years imprisonment with hard labor in the case of assassinating president Sadat in 1981.
Date of source: Saturday, February 15, 2003
The Russian Supreme Court banned 15 Islamic organizations from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Kuwait and Pakistan to carry out any activities inside Federal Russia.