Date of source: Monday, September 6, 1999
After he had spent ten years in the American prisons, the American authorities finally permitted Omar Abdel Rahman’s wife and his brother to visit him. His wife and brother will present to him the declarations of the Egyptian Ministry of Internal Affairs concerning his re-trial and return to Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 1999 to Wednesday, September 1, 1999
An Islamist group rallied Muslims worldwide on August 19 to launch a global campaign for the release of an ailing Egyptian cleric after a US appeals court upheld his life sentence for terrorist activities.
Date of source: Sunday, August 29, 1999
Muslims are in a difficult situation because of the inability of others to distinguish the difference between various Muslims groups. The world is full of struggles, clashes and disputes. These occur in countries where the majority are Hindu, Christian or Buddhist just as they do where Muslims are...
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 1999
The discussion at the press conference of the New York Council of Churches on June 28 [transcript presented in last week’s RNSAW] was mainly with members of the American Coptic Union. Before the press conference Drs. Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Rafique Iscander, chairman and founder of the...
Date of source: Sunday, August 15, 1999
After having left Egypt ten years ago will the blind sheikh return to Egypt? This question is repeated several times after the declarations of the Minster of Internal Affairs. The Minister said, " There is no objection against the return of Sheikh Omar, but on one condition which is that he serve...
Date of source: Thursday, August 12, 1999 to Wednesday, August 18, 1999
Egypt has said that it would not object to the return of a militant leader serving a life sentence in the United States on the condition that when he returns home he serves a sentence passed against him by Egypt some ten years ago.
Date of source: Monday, August 9, 1999
The Minister of Interior spoke about the combat against terrorism.
Date of source: Saturday, August 11, 2012
Some of the Press sources in Washington discovered that the American government is trying to get rid of Sheikh Omar Abd Al-Rahman and deliver him to the Egyptian government.
Date of source: Thursday, July 15, 1999 to Wednesday, July 21, 1999
Ibrahim Hussein Abdel-Hadi Eidarous, 42, and Adel Abdel-Meguid Abdel-Bari, 39, were both arrested in London Sunday [July 11, 1999] on US extradition warrants alleging they had conspired with Saudi Arabian dissident Osama Bin Laden to murder US citizens. Bin Laden is the alleged mastermind behind...
Date of source: Saturday, May 29, 1999 to Friday, June 4, 1999
Islamist students at the Faculty of Dar Al-Aloum at Cairo University reacted violently when the faculty organized a mixed-sex student outing to Al-Agamy in Alexandria. A female student died on the trip in a tragic accident. Islamist students insisted that the Dar Al-Aloum Faculty was Islamic and...