Date of source: Friday, December 7, 2012
19 lawyers from Al-Qalīūbīa governorate yesterday presented a communiqué accusing Dr ‘Essām Al-‘Aryān, Vice President of the Freedom and Justice Party, of stirring confusion and disturbance and of incitement to the killing of peaceful protestors outside the Presidential Palace. Investigations are...
Date of source: Monday, October 22, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Sa'd al-Katātnī, the leader of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood group, deputized Dr. 'Isām al-'Iryān to run the party's affairs pending his return from Saudi Arabia, where he performs the hajj.
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
A quarrel erupted on August 22 between Islamists and leftists following Dr. ‘Isām ‘Iryān’s attack on the latter. ‘Iryān, acting leader of the Freedom and Justice Party, accused leftists of receiving foreign funds and acting superior towards the people. (Ahmad ‘Alām, al-Misrī al-Yawm, August 23, p...
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ʿIsām al-ʿIrīyān has been a member of the Muslim Brotherhood for many years and served on its Guidance Bureau. He is now the Vice Chairman of Ḥizb al-Ḥurriya w-al-ʿAdāla (Freedom and Justice Party) founded by the Muslim Brotherhood in 2011. Al-ʿIrīyān has been arrested several times;...
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This interview concerns the court case of four members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) who had been arrested right before the upcoming parliamentary elections in November 1995. Aḥmad al-Khawāja, Head of the Lawyer’s Syndicate, not an Islamist himself but the lawyer representing the MB...
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Interviewers: Cornelis Hulsman, Eline Kasanwidjojo and Quinta Smit
Language of interview: English/Arabic (original interview); English (presented transcript)
Interpreter: ʿUmār al- ʿAid
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Approved by interviewee
Dr. ʿAbd al-Munʿim Abū al-Futūḥ gives account to his...
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Interviewers: Quinta Smit and Eline Kasanwidjojo
Language of interview: English, Arabic
Interpreter: Dr. Wafāʾ Ḥafnī
Transcript: not mentioned
Approved: Requested and no objection received
Dr. Wafāʾ Hafnī, Dr. Sanā’ and Dr. Ishtihād; granddaughter and daughters of Ḥasan al-Bannā give personal...
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ʿIsām al-ʿIrīyān’s is a member of the “middle generation" of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders, who developed their political stance in students’ politics in the early 1970s. He maintains a fundamentally Islamic world view and as such propagates the application of the Islamic Sharīʿah. The...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2007
ʿIṣām al-ʿIrīyān was born in 1954 in Giza, Egypt. al-ʿIrīyān is a member of the “middle generation" of Brotherhood leaders, who developed their political stance in students’ politics in the early 1970s. He maintains a fundamentally Islamic world view and as such propagates the application of the...