Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006
The article affirms that Hamās, being one of the branches of the international organization of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, has followed in the footsteps of the latter by getting involved in politics and entering the legislative elections in an attempt to seek a new legitimacy and gain new ground.
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006
The Muslim Brotherhood’s murshid [guide], Mahdī Muhammad ‘Ākif said that insinuations about alleged relations between the Brotherhood and the United States are just nonsense.
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2006
The author points out that Sayyid Qutb picked up his ideology while in the West and adds that the clash between the U.S. and religious ideology erupted only when the wing led by Bin Lādin revolted and went astray.
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006
The left-wing have admitted that the Muslim Brotherhood were much better connected to the Egyptian general public, but suggest that the U.S. could start opening channels with the Brotherhood as a way of pressurizing the Egyptian regime.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
The Brotherhood participation in the democratic process, if genuine, constitutes a qualitative leap that entails the renunciation of violence, refraining from the takfīr [to rule that someone is infidel] ideology and accepting peaceful political activities as a means to reach power.
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Souzī al-Jindī argues that there is no problem when groups offer hard-line platforms, as long as they do not seek to impose their agendas through violence and murder.
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2006
Abu Zayd, the Egyptian intellectual who was declared an apostate, claims that Egyptian universities are intellectually stagnant and that modern ways of thought must be introduced.
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2006
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd, a celebrated modern scholar of Qur’ānic studies, who fled to the Netherlands after the Egyptian courts ordered that he be forcibly divorced from his wife on charges of apostasy, argues for reform of religious thought and an end to corruption.
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2006
Discussions have been taking place between the Muslim Brotherhood and Coptic groups. Some issues have been controversial, like finance and support for the Brotherhood from abroad, but there has been a proposal that the Brotherhood and Copts make a unified list for the local elections.
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2006
The author argues that globalization has opened Egypt’s borders to international interference in her domestic affairs.