Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
The recent recommendations of the National Council for Human Rights (N.CH.R.) to remove any religious reference from national identity cards and its repeated calls to replace the emergency law with anti-terrorism legislation have brought it into confrontation with the government, which believes...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Bilāl al- Dawwī expects a "bargain" between the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, and the Egyptian government after he was denied the right to go on a ‘umrah a few weeks ago. He also discusses recent financial difficulties facing the group and which he says are...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif stirred controversy by suggesting the existence of a private Brotherhood army while at the same time causing friction within the ruling National Democratic Party with his recent statements.
Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2006
The author discusses the article of Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, published in the Washington Post, in which he urged the American administration to have dialogue with Islamist groups in the Middle East, like Palestine’s Hamās, Lebanon’s Hizb Allāh and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Thursday, July 27, 2006
The author reports on the splits that recently emerged amongst Muslim Brotherhood members and
leaders. He reviews the stories of the four members who resigned and the reasons behind their stance.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 1, 2006
The author reports on the celebrations in the Minia governorate of the anniversary of the passing of the virgin Mary and her son through Jabal al-Tayr area in Samāllūt during the holy journey.
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2006
The author reports
controversial statements by a leading
Brotherhood member during a symposium of the Egyptian Bar Association in
which he said detention centers
were the place for members of the group.
Date of source: Thursday, June 8, 2006
In his interview with al-Maydān, the spokesman of the Muslim
Brotherhood, Muhammad al
-Katātinī comments that the group does not want Jamāl Mubarak to
participate in the next
presidential elections and demands equal opportunities for every Egyptian citizen.
Date of source: Thursday, June 1, 2006
The author opposes the growing presence of
the leaders of the Muslim
Brotherhood in seminars and conferences as he believes they are exploiting such
gatherings for their own
interests.
Date of source: Thursday, April 27, 2006
The danger of Khayrat
al-
Shātir, the most powerful decision-maker of the Muslim Brotherhood, lies not only in his wealth and his
total control over the group’s money, but also in his belongingto a group called "the extremist
Qutbīyun" or the followers of the extremist thinker Sayyid Qutb.