Date of source: Monday, June 12, 2006
An interview with Mustafa al- Zayyāt, member of al-Jam‘āt al- Islāmīya and the main attorney defending those accused of Islamic fundamentalism, concerning Ayman al-Zawāhirī whom he knew very well from the days they spent together in al-Qal‘a Prison.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2001
In this article lawyer Montasser Al-Zayyat, the lawyer of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya, recounts the story of the Jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan up to the terrorist’s operations, which were aimed against the people in charge and affecting the economy and security of Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, September 22, 2001 to Friday, September 28, 2001
The article gives an outline of the terrorists that the Egyptian courts convicted but who were offered asylum by foreign countries, among which was America. It sheds light on their crimes and the judgments made against them. The author points out that America, which once hosted some of these...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 5, 2003
The director of Al-Maqrizi Center for Historical Studies in London affirms that the number two man of the Jihad group was arrested by Iranian authorities.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2002
The article gives information about the three Jihad organization members who are recommended to succeed Ayman Al-Zawahri. They are Morgan Mustafa, Abdel-Aziz Moussa Al-Gamal and Tharwat Salah Shehata.
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: Thursday, January 10, 2002
Montasser Al-Zayyat recorded the experience of his 25 year-relationship with the Islamic movements in Egypt in his new book “Al-Zawahri as I knew him.” The book is not a biography of the leader of the Jihad organization. It is a thorough analysis of the history of the Islamic movements in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, September 22, 2005
An Egyptian fundamentalist, held in a Canadian jail for his alleged links to Usāma Bin Lādin, was hospitalized Tuesday after 76 days on hunger strike.
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2001 to Friday, May 11, 2001
Islamist lawyers broke into two fronts; one supporting Montasser Al-Zayyat and announced him to be its secretary general. The other front removed him from his position. Al-Zayyat was accused by some members of the Islamist Lawyers’ general assembly of defaming the Islamist Lawyers and seeking...
Date of source: Thursday, April 19, 2001
The Islamic Lawyers Association decided to choose Montasser Al-Zayyat as its general secretary. It also held a meeting at which it was decided not to suspend the activities of the Association any longer and to delay electing its board members.