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A top theorist of the Jamā’ah, Ibrāhīm preferred to quit any posts in the group and focused on reconsidering all political and fiqh (jurisprudence) visions being pursued during the early years of the group. He has become a model of altering extremist ideologies and switching bravely to moderation...
Among the difficulties in assessing the news of Egypt is the Cairo-centrism of journalism. A problem plaguing the nation in general, all major newspapers operate from the capital attracting the best talent away from other regions in search of promotions and a better life. Quality of information...
Dr. Nājih Ibrāhīm, a key founder of the Jamā’ah Islāmīyah in Egypt and the first chairman of its shūrá (consultative) council, offered an apology to Copts for “what has befallen them as a result of the Jamā’ah’s mistakes during the 1970s and 1980s”. [Robeir al-Fāris, Watanī, March 4, p. 5] Read...
Al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah decided to expel Safwat 'Abd al-Ghanī, one of the historical leaders of the group. In addition, Shayk 'Isām Dirbālah, member of the groups shūrá council, is being investigated, because of his intention to return back to violence.  
Shaykh Karam Zuhdī, head of al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmiyyah's Shura Council, announced the founding of a political party, confirming that he does not mind that this party has a Christian reference. He called on Christians to enter the political field. At the same time, he assured the group's rejection for...
 Al-Wafd reports seven hundred members of the Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah defect.  
The article covers a meeting attended by the leaders of al-Jamā‘ah al- Islāmīyah who spoke about their history and their plans for the future. They stressed the renunciation of violence and adopting peaceful means in their interaction with the regime and the society.
‘Abd al-Rūsūl highlights the positive changes achieved in Egypt regarding the Islamic groups. He points out the recent efforts to achieve a compromise between the Egyptian government on one hand and al-Jihād organization and al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah on the other.
al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah’s incarcerated members agreed on the introspection recently proposed by the ideologue of the Islamic groups. However, leaders of Islamic groups still disagree on the introspections of al-Jamā‘ah. Conversely al-Jamā‘ah calls on the leftist parties of Hadtū and the Labor...
The Ministry of Interior is attempting to escape paying compensation to approximately 15,000 former detainees who belonged to al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah. The detainees had previously won court rulings amounting to compensations of 15,000 to 30,000 LE each for having been detained for long years...

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