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 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: Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Al-Wafd starts a series of articles on the future of movements of political Islam in Egypt, their attitude towards democracy, participation and circulation of authority. In this article it reviews the most important Islamic movements that adopted violence in order to reach power and their attitude...
Date of source: Friday, October 1, 2004
Egyptian listeners do not know anything about that blond bearded man who suddenly appeared to be international singer Youssef Islam. Egyptian listeners were surprised when they heard that a number of Islamic songs will be broadcast on a popular private music channel. The listeners’ interest in...
Date of source: Thursday, December 13, 2001
Usama Rushdie, a leader in the Gama’at Al-Islamiya, said that he would not be extradited to the Egyptian authorities because there is no agreement between Egypt and Holland for exchanging fugitives.
Date of source: Thursday, December 13, 2001
The article is a comment by Usama Rushdie, a leader in the Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiya, on the memoirs of Ayman Al-Zawahri. He stressed that the opinion he expressed in the article does not represent the attitude of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya as he is not authorized to speak on behalf of them.
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt believes that the reasons behind the rise of extremist organizations in Egypt are the misunderstanding of Islam and the negligence of religious education. He stressed that Christians are not kuffar as they believe in God and his holy books and messengers. If Christians do not...
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2001
Ahmed Abdel-Rahman, who is supposed to be a leader in Al-Qa’eda organization and the son of the spiritual leader of the Egyptian Gama’at Al-Islamiya, was detained in Kabul. His family asked for his acquittal, claiming that he had no relation with Al-Qa’eda organization.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2001 to Friday, December 7, 2001
Behind any terrorist organization there is a mufti deciding what is halal and what is haram according to his point of view. The article gives an overview of the most famous muftis of terrorist organizations and the fatwas they issued.