Date of source: Tuesday, February 19, 2002
In this article, Hamdi Abdel Raḥmān, one of the eight leaders of the Jamā‘āt al- Islamiya who wrote the four books that renounce most of the ideologies of the Gama?at, speaks about how he came to join the Gama?at al-Islāmīyah, why the Gama?at resorted to violence and why they later renounced...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
The article points out the opinions of the Islamic leader, who is
accused of assassinating President
’Ānwar al-Sadāt, on the relationship between al-
Jamā‘ah and the ruling
system.
Date of source: Sunday, November 26, 2006
An old member of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah affirms that some
old
leaders of the group joined al-Qā‘idah.
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2001 to Monday, November 12, 2001
The head of the
Ansar
Al-Sharī‘a organization in London stressed that Iran handed Rifa’i Taha, the head of the military wing of
the Jamā‘āt al-Islāmīyah over to Syria and they then handed him over to Egypt. Still, fundamentalist
sources in
Egypt did not confirm the news. From another...
Date of source:
Montasser al- Zayyat, the lawyer of the Jamā‘āt al-Islāmīyah was interviewed by al-Midan, Asharq al-Awsat and al-Hayat. In the statements he gave to the three papers he commented on the initiative denouncing violence, the government’s reaction towards it, the differences between the Jamā...
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2006
‘Abd Allāh al-‘Alyān, the
author, discusses an article
written by Radwān al-Sayyid about the thoughts of late prominent leader
of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sayyid Qutb. The
article aims to acquit Qutb of being the ideological source of
violence-motivated groups.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
The police authorities gave the head of the Jihād Group, ‘Abbūd al-Zumur, a temporary release for 24 hours to spend time with his family. Sources from the family asserted that this was a step toward the permanent release and the end of the group’s crisis.
Date of source: Friday, November 17, 2006
Leaders of the Jihād Group have disagreed with each other on whether or not to rely on violence for the group’s future. Some leaders who are influenced by the attitude of the group’s head, ‘Abbūd al- Zumur, insist on violence, while others see it as unnecessary.
Date of source: Thursday, November 16, 2006
Islamic intellectual Jamāl al-Bannā states that his late brother Hasan al-Bannā, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood group, was in leadership similar to Communist leader Lenin. At the same time, he calls to remove the second article of the Egyptian constitution, which stipulates Islām...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Jihād’s leadership is reconsidering, with some reservation, their ideology of violence. Changes are being discussed among the group members. A final first draft will soon be issued.