Date of source: Monday, May 13, 2002
The mother of Khalid Al-Islamboli, who led the operation to assassinate President Sadat, returned to Egypt after spending nine years outside with her other son Muhammad Al-Islamboli, the leader of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 24, 2002
A British court will decide on May 10 about the American demand to deport an Algerian fundamentalist to the USA. He is accused to be the mastermind of the attempt to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in 2000 and of having relations with Al-Qa´ida. Another case is the trial of the director...
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2002
The USA accused the lawyer of Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, his translator, his assistant and the director of the Islamic Media Observatory in London of introducing financial aids to a terrorist group. Usama Rushdi of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya said that filing such a charge against those four is one...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 26, 2002
The Egyptian Military Court will hear the 63 members of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya who were charged with killings and armed burglaries before the initiative to denounce violence was declared. The court will hand down its ruling in this case on April 10.
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2002
A leader of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya asked the general secretary of the UN to investigate the statement the UN counselor of security affairs gave to the Dutch TV about him. The leader of the Gama´at said the UN official falsely claimed that he is one of the leaders of the Qa´ida...
Date of source: Friday, February 1, 2002
The Egyptian authorities admitted fundamentalist Ahmed Hussein Agiza was handed over by Sweden. Montasser Al-Zayyat introduced a petition on behalf of Agiza to the bureau of ratifying the military sentences. In the petition, Al-Zayyat asked for canceling the life sentence Agiza was given in the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2002
The Egyptian authorities arrested eight leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood responsible for initiating demonstrations in some Egyptian universities. The demonstrations were carried out by the students following the Islamic trend. The prosecution decided to imprison the eight leaders for 15 days in...
Date of source: Thursday, January 17, 2002
The Egyptian Cassation Court postponed hearing the appeal lodged by the head of the Ibn Khaldoun Center against the seven-year imprisonment sentence he received to February 6, 2002.
Date of source: Thursday, January 17, 2002
Lawyer Tharwat Shehata, the second most important man in the Jihad organization, is recommended by the Egyptian fundamentalists to succeed Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahri in leading the Jihad organization. Shehata is known among the radical fundamentalists as Abu Al-Sam´.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2002
Islamists in Cairo and London made great efforts to halt the procedures of deporting Ali Sediq Hassanain, a member of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya. Montasser Al-Zayyat said that he held contacts with Egyptian Islamists in London and officials of the Amnesty International organization to stop...