Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Three runaway suspects turned themselves in to the Egyptian authorities, increasing the number of arrested Muslim Brotherhood members to fifty-eight. One Muslim Brotherhood member, Muhammad Ibrahim, has yet to be arrested.
The prosecution for Higher State Security sentenced the three suspects to...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
Next Saturday, the Coptic researcher, Nabil Luqa Bebawy will discuss his Ph.D thesis. titled “The Rights and Duties of Christians in Muslim Countries and How they Affect National Security.” at the headquarters of the Faculty of High Education at the Police Academy.
Bebawy explained that he sought...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
In an unprecedented move, Abdel Mon’em Abdel Maqsoud, lawyer of the banned Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, announced that the group has set up its first center for human rights, called Sawasiya [Equality] Center for Human Rights and Against Torture.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Asharq Al-Awsat received news that Al-Wafd and the Brotherhood decided to form a joint committee to examine a number of issues of mutual interests to both. Sources from the Brotherhood and Al-Wafd denied the possibility of forming a parliamentary alliance between Al-Wafd and the Brotherhood.
Date of source: Thursday, March 4, 2004
The banned Muslim Brotherhood caused a
surprise yesterday when it mentioned that it would be willing to change its name if the
government would allow it to form a political party. Muhammad Mahdi Akef, the supreme guide of
the Brotherhood, said that what the Brotherhood has suggested is merely an...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 18, 2004
The Higher State Security Prosecutor in Egypt said yesterday that members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood were arrested a day earlier for planning to overthrow the regime by force and to establish an Islamic Caliphate. Security forces arrested 54 members, including Muslim Brotherhood leaders in...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 5, 2001
The court postponed the lawsuit filed by 12 lawyers to release 15 imprisoned Brotherhood members until October 9. The lawsuit was filed after the constitutional Court annulled item 48 of the Penal Code.
Date of source: Monday, August 27, 2001
After the Constitutional Court annulled item 48 of the penal code, 12 lawyers from different political and intellectual backgrounds filed a lawsuit to release 15 imprisoned members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2001
The female candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood filed a lawsuit against the Minister of Interior because he did not execute the court’s order concerning setting a date for the elections in Al-Ramle constituency in Alexandria.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 17, 2001
The Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered that 25 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood be remanded in custody for 15 days. They were arrested while gathering in the house of one of the members. The Prosecution charged them with forming a secret anti-government structure with the aim of...