Date of source: Thursday, February 26, 2004
It appears that there is a plan
by the authorities to crack down on the members to restrict their participation in meetings
abroad. The rate of the bans on travel of Brotherhood members increased dramatically since
Muhammad Mahdi Akef was appointed supreme guide of the Brotherhood.
Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2004
This file is about the Muslim Brotherhood. It contains a
number of articles on the Brotherhood that discuss the future awaiting them, the problems of
transforming into a party, changes within the group and other issues.
Date of source: Saturday, December 18, 2004
The Egyptian authorities released a famous
fundamentalist extradited by Sweden in 2002. They also commuted a lifetime sentence of another to
a 15-year imprisonment.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 18, 2004
The Egyptian authorities accused the Muslim Brotherhood of sending some members to receive training on arms in the framework of the group’s effort to overthrow the government by force. The authorities closed down 20 commercial and economic enterprises owned by the group, after they [the authorities...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 2004
Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi expressed her anger over the decision of the Islamic Research Institution to confiscate her famous novel “Soqout Al-Imam” [the fall of the Imam] which was printed for the first time 20 years ago. The novel was translated into 14 languages. The new battle between the Azhar and...
Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2005
The Egyptian authorities have arrested 28 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group in the governorates of al-Gharbīya and al-Munoufīya on charges of working on the reviving the banned group’s clandestine activities.
Date of source: Saturday, April 2, 2005
The Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church is accused of selling the church’s properties to Jewish colonialists, a scandal
which triggered uproar among Palestinians and Arab Christians. The Jordanian government demanded the Patriarch, who has
Jordanian citizenship, to provide explanations and...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 5, 2005
The Egyptian authorities barred two Muslim Brotherhood leaders from traveling overseas although their names
were not blacklisted as banned from traveling by a judicial order. The students of the AUC protested yesterday in downtown
Cairo urging the actions of political reforms, repeating the same...
Date of source: Monday, January 10, 2005
Muntasir al-Zayyāt has always been a reference constantly sought by the mass media for information or memories to ruminate about ‘prisoners,’ ‘detainees,’ ‘returnees’ or ‘fugitives.’ He knows almost all hawkish or dovish Islamists and was always there as part of the saga that gripped a whole...
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2005
For the first time Muntasir al-Zayyāt [lawyer of the Jamācāt al-Islāmīya] states reasons behind the defeat of fanatic groups in Egypt. In his book Al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya…Ru’ya min al-Dākhil [the Jamācāt al-Islāmīya …A look from within], he explains the causes of peace reigning over Egypt whilst...