Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
Last Friday night, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom arrived in Cairo in a secretive atmosphere. The Commission delivered a brief statement concerning the objectives of the visit, which takes place between July 16 and July 23. The Commission is paving the way for the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2004
Al
-Midan received a copy of the message the Supreme Guide of the Brotherhood Muhammad Mahdi Akef
directed to Brotherhood members [recently]. In his message, Akef stressed the importance of
adhering to the teachings of Islam in order to withstand the fierce attacks on it. The Supreme
Guide said...
Date of source: Thursday, August 12, 2004
Sami Sharaf accused other members of the Nasserist Party of not
standing up to defend late president Abdel Nasser as the Nasserists did not respond to the Muslim
Brotherhood’s demands that the Nasserists should apologize for the mistakes Nasser committed
against the Muslim Brotherhood. Sharaf...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 2004
The spokesperson of the Tagammu Party said members of the party met
with members of the Muslim Brotherhood. He said that the Tagammu refuses to take religion as a
cover platform for political activism because religion is a divine duty that should not be mixed
with individual and group...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
As the upcoming parliamentary elections approach,
the Muslim Brotherhood are trying to make alliances with various political powers. The
Brotherhood are trying to convince everyone that they are no longer an Islamic group and are
willing to engage in political life and employ its mechanisms....
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2004
A book
written by Gamal Al-Banna, the brother of Hassan Al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, was
banned. The book is titled Mas’ouleyit fashal al-dawla al-Islamiya fil asr Al-hadith [The
responsibility for the failure of the Islamic State in the modern era]. The book discusses the
issue...
Date of source: Sunday, August 29, 2004
Political, social and economic reform would not be appreciated in Arab
countries unless the bureaucratic bodies and the Islamic movements were convinced this change and
its democratic and capitalist content would be worth it. Unless these two forces are convinced
that the expansion of civil...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 2004
Last week, the catastrophe of the confiscation of books appeared on the surface again
as two books were accused of offending religion. The book of “Shukran Bin Laden” [Thank you Bin
Laden] by Sayyed Al-Qimni was recommended to be banned by the Islamic Research Institute. The
other book “Tahya Al...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2004
A Brotherhood deputy in the People’s
Assembly demanded an explanation from the minister of culture “for the reasons for insisting on
founding a dance school with government money.” “The shaking of women’s bodies leads to
enticement and corruption…the corruption [of society] as a result of this...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
The fate of the book
“Mas’ouleyit fashal al-dawla al-Islamiya fil asr Al-hadith”[The responsibility of the failure of
the Islamic State in the contemporary era] written by Gamal Al-Banna is still unclear. Al-Banna
confirmed that the Islamic Research Institute has banned his book while the Azhar...