Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2004
Recently,
Rifa’at Al-Sa’id published a book titled “Al-Erhab Al- Mut’aslim…Lemaza?… Mata?…Ela eyn?”
[Islamized Terrorism: Why? When? To Where?] in which he attacks the group fiercely. Al-Sa’id also
mentions some of the principles that have ruled the Brotherhood, and that allow murdering a...
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 2004
Essam Al-Erian is not a prominent leader of the Brotherhood. He distributed his loyalty between the group’s old guards and its reformists led by the disciples of Omar Al-Telmesany [former supreme guide of the Brotherhood]. The two parties like Al-Erian but they do not trust him because they both...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2004
Safwat Hegazi is the focal point of fierce criticism because he does not only introduce himself as a preacher or an orator but he also acts as a mufti entitled to give religious opinions about a myriad of issues.
For Hegazi, the Azhar is not the only entity that issues fatwas for the people. Hegazi...
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2005
The Brotherhood’s file is not clean from disgraceful financial and sexual transgressions in the Egyptian Bar Association and even elsewhere. The group has an insatiable lust for power and interference in everything going on inside the Association.
Date of source: Monday, February 7, 2005
I have never laughed as I did when I read the article that archpriest Marqus ‘Azīz, pastor of the Hanging Church, published in reply to an article by journalist Muhammad al-Bāz entitled ‘How can he face his followers when he curses? How dare he carry the cross on his chest when he lies?...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
Shaykh Yousuf al-Badrī used to be a permanent figure in many news items, clutching to the sword of takfir [the act of accusing someone of unbelief] against intellectuals and bringing them to court. The controversial shaykh, however, had kept a low profile for some time, but recently rose from the...
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 24, 2005
‘Amr ‘Abd al-Rahman was granted the PhD in interpreting the Holy Qur’ān. cAbd al-Rahman was doing his best to escape imprisonment [cAbd al-Rahman was a member of al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya ] . From 1986 to 1988, shaykh cAbd al-Rahman used to depend on a look-alike to escape security surveillance.
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: Monday, January 10, 2005
Archpriest Marqus ‘Azīz, pastor of the al-Mucallaqa Church, is a man who craves fame. He involves himself in matters that concern him and matters that do not. His actions are not that of a man of religion.