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Date of source: Thursday, August 21, 2003
One of the most important things concerning the ideological reconsiderations of the Gama´a Al-Islamiya is their new attitude towards the Coptic issue. Karam Zuhdi, the leader of the group, criticizes considering the funds of Copts as permissible spoil [for Muslims]. He said that those who did...
Date of source: Monday, September 5, 2005
Preparations for the presidential elections have revealed a new classification inside Egypt’s political Islamic organizations.
Date of source: Friday, July 5, 2002
Montasser Al-Zayyat tried to lessen the importance of his relations with the Gama´at Al-Islamiya. He revealed the history of his relations with the leaders of the Jihad organization, particularly with Ayman Al-Zawahry. He said that he received confirmation that Al-Zawahry is still alive.
Date of source: Thursday, March 7, 2002
[Hisba is a term referring to the right of a Muslim to defend public morality and suing on behalf of religion.] The article comments on one of the four books published recently by the Gama´at Al-Islamiya. The book discusses the concept of hisba. The leaders of the Gama´at admitted that hisba was...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Salah Hashim, the founder of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya spoke about the Gama´at since its foundation in Assiut, the role the then governor of Assiut played in relation to the formation of the Gama´at and their disputes with the Muslim Brotherhood. He supports the corrective review of the ideologies of...
Date of source: Friday, July 5, 2002
The Editor-in-Chief of Al-Musawwar met with the five released leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya. They said that it is not allowed to declare a ruler an unbeliever in case there are certain circumstances that hinder him from applying some rules of the Islamic Shari’a. They added that if they did...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 30, 2002
The Egyptian authorities released a significant number of the leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya. Among those released was Mukhtar Hamza, the brother of Mustafa Hamza, the official of the Shura Council of the Gama’at, who was sentenced to death in absentia. Most of those released were involved in...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
Sawt al-Umma published in a previous issue the contents of Muntasir al-Zayyāt’s recent book Al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya…Ru’ya min al-Dākhil [Al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya: A Look from within]. In this article, al-Zayyāt defends some points discussed by Muhammad al-Bāz.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2005
Muntasir al-Zayyāt, lawyer of al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya said in an interview with Sawt al-Umma that he might be put in jail soon by the security apparatuses or killed by al-Jamāca which has accused him of working for the security authorities.
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2001
The Egyptian authority released two leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya who were sentenced to 15 years in the case of Sadat’s assassination. The release came one week before the four-year anniversary of the peace initiative declared by the leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.