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Date of source: Tuesday, April 30, 2002
The Egyptian authorities released a significant number of the leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya. Among those released was Mukhtar Hamza, the brother of Mustafa Hamza, the official of the Shura Council of the Gama’at, who was sentenced to death in absentia. Most of those released were involved in...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2005
Many Muslim fundamentalists left Egypt for Europe, America and Asia. They were welcomed by their host countries, granted political asylum and even nationalities. These countries did not listen to Egyptian pleas to send them back until they were taken by surprise by their attacks.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2005
Egypt’s Interior Minister Habīb al-‘Ādlī made the first official announcement that Iran handed over the fugitive Mustafa Hamza to Egypt, on the sidelines of the Arab interior ministers meeting recently held in Tunisia.
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2001 to Friday, November 23, 2001
The article gives an overview of the history of Refa’i Ahmed Taha with the Gama’at Al-Islamiya and how he started his relationship with Usama Bin Laden after the many conflicts between him and the Gama’at. The Luxor massacre of 1997 and the initiative of denouncing violence were the main reasons...
Date of source: Sunday, May 20, 2001
The sentences of the members of the Gama’at Al-Islamiyya and Jihad organizations, who issued the initiative to cease violence, will end on October 12. The former head of the State Security said that there is no doubt that the cease-violence initiative contributed to the fact that many of the secret...
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2000
Since issuing the non-violence initiative, the Gama’at Al-Islamya is living in a state of disputes and division between two groups. The first group, lead by Mustafa Hamza, was the one behind issuing the non-violence initiative, in March of last year. The other group, headed by Rifai’ Taha,...
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Switzerland’s federal police chief said on May 13 that Egypt believed Saudi-born Osama Bin Laden financed the 1997 attack by militants in Luxor in which 58 foreigners, most of them Swiss, were killed.
Date of source: Saturday, May 1, 1999
There has currently been extensive talk about continued confrontation with the Jihad underground organization, which is the most dangerous terrorist group. The organization has been receiving heavy blows inside and outside the country. The current period of time has witnessed the handing over to...
Date of source: Thursday, September 24, 1998
The question has been raised whether the American military strike against what were described as Osama Bin Laden’s bases in Afghanistan on August 17 will force the Taliban movement to clamp down on the Saudi dissident and his Arab-Afghan associates.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.