Date of source: Saturday, July 27, 2002
Rose El-Youssef’s special file for this week contains an interview with Abdullah Annas, a pioneering Arab Afghan and articles on new preachers, how terrorists have exploited cassette tapes to spread their ideas, the Prophet’s perception of terrorism, the Brotherhood’s perception of women, the issue...
Date of source: Saturday, January 26, 2002
[Rammameen are those who scavenge a living off others.]
Those who embrace political Islam claim that any amendments to their ideology leads to what they call “American Islam.” The establishment of the Muslim Brotherhood marked the beginning of political Islam. The Brotherhood offered America “...
Date of source: Saturday, January 19, 2002
Su’louk [plural sa’aleek] is a word that was used - in pre-Islamic times - to describe marginalized people who belonged to an insignificant tribe or an unimportant village.
Some people have created a form of fiqh called Al-Wilaya wa Al-Bara’a [the submission (to a leader (wali), group, ideology,...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 10, 2004
The encyclopedia of Al-Sayyed Youssef on the Muslim Brotherhood has been one of the main sources information for researchers doing work on the history of the Brotherhood and its present situation. One of the books included in the encyclopedia is “Muslim Brotherhood and the roots of religious...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 31, 2004
In his book “Al-Haraka Al-Islamiya fee Misr—Al-Waqi’ wa Al-Tahadiyat [The Islamic Movement in Egypt—Reality and Challenges], Saleh Al-Wardani writes that the Muslim Brotherhood sent a memo to the palace pledging their allegiance to King Fouad I in 1933. “Perhaps the stands adopted by Banna after...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Salah Shady, one of the prominent Brotherhood leaders wrote, “Hassan Al-Banna [founder of the Muslim Brotherhood] was the good seed for Islamic thought and Sayyed Qutb was the good fruit.” The life of Sayyed Qutb witnessed many conversions and unlimited mysteries.
Qutb knew how to love and how to...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Saudi Arabia has an old relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood. Many Brotherhood members worked in Saudi Arabia as teachers in schools and universities. Many Brotherhood members also started businesses in Saudi Arabia, but by the 1990s, the relationship between the Brotherhood and Saudi Arabia...
Date of source: Monday, June 7, 2004
The Muslim Brotherhood is keen on intermarrying with elite members of society, whether they are politicians or businessmen, in order to guarantee the highest degree of support for their group. This is the reason for the Brotherhood’s blessing of the marriage between the son of Nabil Moqbel, an...
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2005
Diplomats and specialists ask what will come of the Muslim Brothers in the coming Egyptian elections if these are opened to them and if they are held, as promised by president Hosni Mubarak, freely?
Date of source: Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Hassan Al-Banna carefully examined the political situation in Egypt during the 1930s and then decided to establish a strong relationship with Ali Maher [former Egyptian Prime Minister], who was known for his hostility towards the Wafd, contempt of opposition parties and loyalty to the palace. Al-...