Date of source: Saturday, February 26, 2005
Many researchers in the history and future of Islamist movements reckon that the September 11 incidents have posed as a turning point in the development of political Islamist movements in the Arab region.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2005
The intensity of the conflict between Sāmih and Rajā’ī over the Bar Association’s chairmanship increased after Mājid Hannā, the Church candidate decided to withdraw from the elections. He withdrew even though there were a lot of pledges for his success especially from the Church and from his Coptic...
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2005
Some books at the Cairo International Book Fair were claimed to go against and be incompatible with the principles and morals of religion. This led a number of Muslim Brotherhood Members of Parliament and members of the Religious Committee at the People’s Assembly to demand a comprehensive revision...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2005
In his book Shāhid ‘Ala Waqf al-‘Unf: Tahawwulāt al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya fī Misr [A witness to halting violence: shifts of al- Jamā‘a Islāmīya in Egypt], writer ‘Abd al-Latīf al-Manāwī detects the inspiration of al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2005
This is the story of a political group that has been suffering for years and complaining about the absence of freedom. Ironically the same group that has been calling for freedom has banned the freedom of those who were using the only tool that would help the group to express its opinion freely and...
Date of source: Thursday, February 10, 2005
The short visit of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has caused disagreement between several national powers. Albright has written a very controversial report concerning the state of democracy in Egypt. Albright’s report has provoked a reaction from many parties, including the...
Date of source: Friday, February 4, 2005
Al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya’s rejection of violence and terrorism has been the main topic of discussion at the Cairo International Book Fair. Editor-in-chef of al-Musawwar, Makram Muhammad Ahmad, followed up on the debates later recorded and published by al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya in four books.
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
The several sectarian incidents which have recently shaken Egypt have again brought to the foreground the issue of Copts and their curtailed rights.
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
Sawt al-Umma published in a previous issue the contents of Muntasir al-Zayyāt’s recent book Al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya…Ru’ya min al-Dākhil [Al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya: A Look from within]. In this article, al-Zayyāt defends some points discussed by Muhammad al-Bāz.
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2005
Mahdī Muhammad cĀkif, Supreme General of the Muslim Brotherhood, received a warning from a young lawyer who used to be a member of the Brotherhood and whose membership was frozen when he raised some questions concerning democracy within the group.