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Date of source: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
On Thursday, July 26, the family of ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān ratcheted up their rhetoric in their awareness campaign to free their father. The family issued five demands to President Mursī and invited speakers to comment, some of whom threatened America harshly.
In the picture: Kamāl Hilbāwī
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
One of the interesting subplots to the Egyptian revolution is the fate of ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān, known as the Blind Shaykh, who is incarcerated in America for his role in organizing the 1993 attempt to blow up the World Trade Center. His family has maintained a small sit-in protest outside the US...
Date of source: Monday, November 14, 2011
Who are the Muslim Brotherhood, and what do they represent? Having thousands of members means that many people are able to speak as representatives, whether they are qualified or designated to do so or not. Yet if one relies only on an official spokesman, it is difficult to know if the comments are...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
'Abūd al-Zumur, founding member of Egypt's Islamic Jihād Organization and friend of al-Qā'idah's new chief Ayman al-Zawahrī, said on 3 March 2011 that Usāmah Bin Lādin's death will not affect the organization and pleaded against revenge attacks.
Zumur, who was in jail with Zawāhrī, said Bin Lādin...
Date of source: Thursday, April 14, 2011
'Abūd al-Zumur, after his release from prison, announced his new "civilized" project to establish ad hoc committees on takfīr, because, according to him, takfīr should not be practiced by any person but rather should be exclusive to religious scholars.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Jamāl al-Shināwī tried to arrange a meeting between ‘Abūd al-Zumur and al-Sadāt’s family members, or between the murderer and the family of the murdered person.
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2011
One of late President Anwar al-Sadāt's assassins, 'Abūd al-Zumur, has just been released after serving thirty years in jail, and he has given several interviews.
Al-Zumur does not deny that any Muslim will meet a tragic end like Sadāt's if he/she digresses from the 'right path of Islam'....
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2011
Salafīs occupied Egyptian television and Tāmir Āmīn hosts Muhammad Hasān who considered Copts to be infidels and claimed the professions of medicine, engineering and working in post offices and banks haram [religiously unlawful].
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
After being released from prison where he had been detained for the assassination of the late Egyptian president, 'Ānwar al-Sadāt, 'Abūd al-Zumur announced his will to form a coalition between the most prominant Islamic streams.
The coalition will include jihād organization, al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah...
Date of source: Friday, March 11, 2011
The Military Council announced a decision to release sixty prisoners who served half their time in jail. Among them are some political prisoners.
Furthermore, Tāriq 'Abd al-Mawjūd al-Zumur and ‘Abūd ‘Abd al-Latīf al-Zumur, who were accused to be involved in the murder of, ex-president Muhammad...
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.