Date of source: Sunday, July 31, 2005
In a few days Ayman al-Zawāhirī, second in command at al-Qā’ida organization, will appear on tape blessing the bombings of Sharm al-Sheikh and promising more in order to destroy the Egyptian kafir [unbeliever] system. This speech will mark the end of all speculation by the security institutions,...
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2006
A disagreement over the construction of houses, primarily by Christians, in al-Warrāq constituency has sparked sectarian problems in the area.
Date of source: Sunday, November 20, 2005
Despite Pope Shenouda’s support for President Husnī Mubārak in the presidential elections, only two Copts are running in the parliamentary elections with the support of the National Democratic Party.
Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
Three years ago it was a like a dream to meet ‘Abboud al-Zumur, the imprisoned leader of the Jihād organization and one of the engineers of the 1981 assassination of President Anwar al-Sadāt, at Tura Prison.
Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2005
Six different concerned parties in Egypt have posed the question of who killed Ashraf Sa‘īd, the leader of the terrorist cell that executed the Azhar and ‘Abd al-Mun‘im Riyād bombings, in reports filed to the Attorney General.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 12, 2004
The Internet site of Michael Mounir reported about the incident at Taha Al-’Ameda in a way that makes it seem that there is sectarian strife in Egypt. The US Copts claimed that the government gives security officers free reign increases the brutal attacks against Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2004
The leader of the Jihad organization, Aboud Al-Zomor, currently incarcerated for attempting to overthrow the regime and the assassination of former President Sadat, rejected the involvement of the Jihad group with the Taba bombings. He confirmed that leaders and members of both national and...
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 2004
Mountaser Al-Zayyat, the lawyer of the fundamentalist groups in Egypt, stated thatKhaled Al-Islamboly, the assassin of Sadat, was not a member of Al-Jihad organization or of the Gama’a Islamiya; he was closely linked to Muhammad Abdel Salam Farag, leader of Al-Jihad in 1981.
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 2004
In total secrecy, the Ministry of Interior released 100 prisoners and detainees from the Gama’a Islamiya, who have completed their prison sentences and detention periods. The Ministry made the released members sign a written promise that they will rejoin the trend within the group that believes in...
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2005
After the slap of the Ministry of Interior rejecting the request of the Administrative Court to annul the release of Tariq al-Zumur, one of the leaders of Jihad, the defense of cAbboud and Tariq al-Zumur drops another bomb by bringing suit against the Ministry for violating his clients’ political...