Date of source: Wednesday, April 14, 1999
[also published in Al-Sha’ab, April 13, 1999]
The article gives some background on Salman Rushdie.
Date of source: Thursday, March 25, 1999 to Wednesday, March 31, 1999
To the more hardline of Britain’s 1.75 million Muslims, this month’s 75th anniversary of the destruction of the Islamic State (Khilafah) by modern Turkey’s secularist founder Mustafa Kamal is a stark reminder of the West’s enduring hostility to Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, March 25, 1999 to Wednesday, March 31, 1999
Friday, British authorities released three Islamist militants arrested four days earlier, including the leader of Ansar Al-Sharia (Advocates of Islamic Law) and Yasser Serri who was sentenced to death in absentia by an Egyptian military court in 1994 for plotting an attack against the then Prime...
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 1999
People are surprised about the British Government’s attitude in dealing with Muslim extremists. Following its flexible policy with them where they were allowed to run their activities from British territories, British authorities recently arrested some known Islamic extremists under the new...
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 1999
An interview made by Al-Wasat with Mustafa Kamel, also known by Abu Hamzah Al-Masry, prior to his detention by the British authorities in London.
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Radical activist Abu Hamzah Al-Masri was arrested yesterday under Britain’s Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Date of source: Monday, March 8, 1999
Illusive Religious Wars
In his "The Mediterranean Sea" book published in Paris in 1985, the French historian Brodil likens the relationship between Islam and Christianity with the relationship between the dog and the cat: If the dog and the cat find themselves in one place, it requires the decision...
Date of source: Thursday, February 25, 1999 to Wednesday, March 3, 1999
Article on the Sufi artist Yassin Al-Tohami which gives some background on Sufism in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, February 11, 1999 to Wednesday, February 17, 1999
Forty-four suspected members of Egypt’s most violent militant organization, Jihad, last week pleaded not guilty before a military court to charges of membership of an illegal group bent on using terror to overthrow the government, planning the assassination of top officials and security staff, and...
Date of source: Friday, February 5, 1999
The Crusader wars were a disgrace to the West. They launched various attacks during the 19th century. They succeeded in occupying the Islamic world, and they planted Israel inside the Islamic world. We learned from history that such attacks will not cease until there is a decisive confrontation...