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Date of source: Wednesday, May 8, 2002
Reconsidering the ideologies of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya on the part of its imprisoned leaders caused divisions within the group. There is a general agreement on renouncing violence. But the controversy lies in the leaders´ declaration to refrain from their previous practices. This is...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 24, 2002
A British court will decide on May 10 about the American demand to deport an Algerian fundamentalist to the USA. He is accused to be the mastermind of the attempt to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in 2000 and of having relations with Al-Qa´ida. Another case is the trial of the director...
Date of source: Thursday, March 7, 2002
[Hisba is a term referring to the right of a Muslim to defend public morality and suing on behalf of religion.] The article comments on one of the four books published recently by the Gama´at Al-Islamiya. The book discusses the concept of hisba. The leaders of the Gama´at admitted that hisba was...
Date of source: Saturday, March 2, 2002
The leaders of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya expressed their complete agreement to end the actions to kill. They affirmed that their mistakes in the past came as a result of a false Ijtihad. In this article they explain the legal basis behind their renunciation of violence and reconsideration of old...
Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2002
The general secretary of the Tagammu party, Dr. Rifa´at al-Sa´id accused Montasser Al-Zayyat of writing “Al-Zawahri as I knew him” to settle his account with Al-Zawahri. He said that the book justified terrorism. Al-Zayyat said that the book was a review of the Islamic movements and their positions...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2002
The author comments on Montasser Al-Zayyat´s "Al-Zawahri as I knew him," through speaking about the reality of the claimed alliance took place between the Gama´at Al-Islamiya and the Jihad group. He also sheds light on the ideologies of the latter.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 16, 2002
Montasser Al-Zayyat said that the the real aim of his book “Al-Zawahri as I knew him” is to shed light on how the Gama´at Al-Islamiya started to reconsider its mechanisms. Al-Zayyat tackles the character of Ayman Al-Zawahri from many angles. He first speaks about his childhood and how he was...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Montasser Al-Zayyat said that about 2000 Egyptians were living in Afghanistan. About 500 of them were members in Al-Qa´ida organization. He denied that America has financed the Arab-Afghans in their war against the Soviets. He added that the situation of the Islamic groups became more...
Date of source: Saturday, December 3, 2005 to Friday, December 9, 2005
The author argues that some Azharites have close connections to political Islam groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Throughout its long history, the major religious institution in Egypt, the Azhar, has been known for its neutral moderate stance on the different issues on the Egyptian political domain. In recent years, however, Azhar scholars have increasingly featured on the political scene.
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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.