Date of source: Wednesday, August 16, 2000
In his book "The Risk in the Deal Between the Government and the Groups of Violence", Abdel Rahim, a journalist for Al-Ahali, speaks about the confrontation between the government and the groups of violence and the deal between them. The book speaks about the "initiative of the Jihad organization"...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2000
Security measures have been taken against the projects of the Islamic parties, which were announced recently. The latest procedures that were taken by the government were to prevent holding a symposium that was called by Mamdouh Ismail, the representative of Al-Shari’a Party.
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
The attitude of Al-Gamaat Al-Islamiyya towards the case of Al-Kosheh is a pointer for many things in the Egyptian reality. The most important of these is the agreement of all powers on the political map of Egypt on gathering [Egyptians] together and enhancing the spirit of unity, and that the real...
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 1999
Judicial Assistant of Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman said that Rahman’s fatwa was issued and delivered to Gamal Sultan, a representative of the founders of the Reformation Party nine months ago but Sultan kept it away from the founders of that party because he didn’t agree with the fatwa.
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 1999
Interview of al-Arabi with Montasser Al-Zayat, the lawyer of Gama’at al-Islamiya. Al-Arabi accused him of maneuvering, spoke about the termination of his role and the death of the Gama’at al-Islamiya and its weakness. Zayat, instead, calls himself a mediator between the Gama’at al-Islamiya and the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 1999
In Egypt, setting up a political organization can be quite an unpleasant experience, especially if one boasts controversial religious credentials. Nevertheless, some former members of the militant Jihad, the group blamed for a series of murders in the 1980s and 1990s including the assassination of...
Date of source: Thursday, August 19, 1999 to Wednesday, August 25, 1999
More than 70 Islamists, once affiliated with the militant Jihad group have announced plans to establish a political party under the name Hezb Al-Shari’a or Islamic Law Party. The Islamists have adopted an agenda that calls for Islamicizing society and opposes the normalization of relations with...