Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
Following the mixed public reaction to the recent statements made by the Egyptian minister of culture, Fārūq Husnī, on the Ḥijāb, the People’s Assembly’s committees for Religious Affairs and Culture and Media held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue. In an attempt to...
Date of source:
From his jail in the United States, Shaykh Omar Abdel
Rahman, the spiritual leader of al-
Gamaa’t al-Islāmīyah in Egypt, issued a controversial statement, in
which he withdrew his support for their initiative to
abandon violence. This initiative was originally
launched in July 1997.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The muftī of the republic, Dr.
‘Alī Jum‘a, has
given the Egyptian ministry of interior the green light to kill
terror suspects, describing them as “scum,” in a
language that is unbecoming to a religious scholar,
Ibtisām Tha‘lab writes.
Date of source: Monday, December 16, 2002
The American Middle East Research Center assigned a large group of researchers to follow up the Islamic cause. American journalist Caryle Murphy issued the first study about the future of political Islam in Egypt and the whole world. She traces the change in the approaches of Islamic groups, such...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Regarding the future of the Islamic movement, Mamdouh Ismail, the deputy of the founders of Al-Shari’a Party, expresses his opinion that Islamic groups may return to violence. “The increase of internal and external pressures on Islamists and they way they are prevented from forming political...
Date of source: Friday, January 30, 2004
Al-Wafd continues discussing the attitude of Islamic movements towards the issues of democracy, the disavowing of violence and turning to peaceful action. During the last few years, attempts to establish two Islamic political parties, Al-Islah Party [Reformation Party] and Al- Sharia Party [Sharia...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
The article raises the question of whether the collapse of Taliban means the end for the Islamic groups. It also speaks about the need for a modern Islamic project that gathers together all Muslims in order to present a bright picture of Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Abud Al-Zumor, the Jihad member who was among the first to sign the initiative denouncing violence was moved from Tora prison, where the members of the shura council of Al-Gama’at Al-Islamiya are serving various prison sentences, to Abu Zabal prison. This was believed to be a step to separate the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2001 to Friday, May 11, 2001
Islamist lawyers broke into two fronts; one supporting Montasser Al-Zayyat and announced him to be its secretary general. The other front removed him from his position. Al-Zayyat was accused by some members of the Islamist Lawyers’ general assembly of defaming the Islamist Lawyers and seeking...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
A heated rivalry over the position of the general secretary of the Islamic Lawyers Association will be witnessed. The deputy who was the founder of Al-Shari’a party is the strongest rival to occupy this position.