Date of source: Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Al-Minyā always appears to be at the center of sectarian attacks targeting Christians or their places of worship, incited either from building new churches, rumors of an illicit interfaith love affair like in the “Lady of al-Karam” incident, or Facebook posts interpreted as insulting Islam. ...
Date of source: Friday, September 19, 2014
Meanwhile, the al-Azhar founded the Forum for Moderation and Dialogue, comprising a number of Grand Scholars of al-Azhar, al-Harakah al-Islāmīah and al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīah, as a means to confront Islamic extremism.
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2012
A top theorist of the Jamā’ah, Ibrāhīm preferred to quit any posts in the group and focused on reconsidering all political and fiqh (jurisprudence) visions being pursued during the early years of the group. He has become a model of altering extremist ideologies and switching bravely to moderation...
Date of source: Sunday, November 24, 2013
‘Izzat al-Salamunī is a member of Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah’s Cairo Guidance Council. He hails from Salamun village in the district of Tīmah, in the governorate of Suhag in Upper Egypt. He graduated from the Azhar University in Cairo with a degree in commerce. He has adult children from his first wife,...
Date of source: Saturday, June 15, 2013
Among the difficulties in assessing the news of Egypt is the Cairo-centrism of journalism. A problem plaguing the nation in general, all major newspapers operate from the capital attracting the best talent away from other regions in search of promotions and a better life. Quality of information...
Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2012
Dr. Nājiḥ Ibrāhīm, a co-founder and theoretician of the al-Jamāʿa al-Islāmīya (Islamic Group), called on President Muḥammad Mursī to lead the nation with a mentality of a statesman, not that of the Muslim Brotherhood group, and give more room for power sharing regardless of ideological differences...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
At an open fast-breaking meal outside the sit-in protest for ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān at the US Embassy, Hassan Khalīfah shed tears of joy as he concluded his ten minute speech.
In the picture: Hassan Khalīfah
‘I apologize for going long, but forgive me, it has been nineteen years that I have been in...
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2012
Dr. Nājih Ibrāhīm, a key founder of the Jamā’ah Islāmīyah in Egypt and the first chairman of its shūrá (consultative) council, offered an apology to Copts for “what has befallen them as a result of the Jamā’ah’s mistakes during the 1970s and 1980s”. [Robeir al-Fāris, Watanī, March 4, p. 5] Read...
Date of source: Thursday, May 5, 2011
In an interview conducted with Nājih Ibrāhīm, a senior scholar of the al-Jamā'ah Islāmīyah (Islamic Group), said that Islamists form political parties in search of legitimacy, not power or political gains.
He added that the Islamist movement needs to realize the difference between da'wah (Muslim...
Date of source: Sunday, April 3, 2011
A number of al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah leaders suggested the formation of a police force dedicated to fighting vice and promoting virtue.
‘Isām Dirbālah, a member of the group's shūrá council, noted that certain evil-doings do not exist in the laws.
On the other hand, Nājih Ibrāhīm, another member of...