Date of source:
From his jail in the United States, Shaykh Omar Abdel
Rahman, the spiritual leader of al-
Gamaa’t al-Islāmīyah in Egypt, issued a controversial statement, in
which he withdrew his support for their initiative to
abandon violence. This initiative was originally
launched in July 1997.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 2, 2006
The author highlights the recent meeting of Jamā‘a
Islāmiya, which decided to select Karam Zuhdī as the successor to the group’s founder
‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān in case the latter dies in prison.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2006
‘Abd Allāh, the son of Shaykh ‘Umar
‘Abd al-Rahmān, the former leader of the banned al-Jamā‘a al-
Islāmīya who is currently serving a life sentence in the United States for his role in planning the
1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York, has denied any knowledge of the death of his...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 1999
Sheikh Omar Abd Al-Rahman, the leader and mufti of the Gama’at al-Islamiya, who is now imprisoned in the United States for a life, changed his mind about presenting a request to return to Egypt because he doesn’t want to give up his activities for the Islamic Daawa, the call to Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, August 12, 1999 to Wednesday, August 18, 1999
Egypt has said that it would not object to the return of a militant leader serving a life sentence in the United States on the condition that when he returns home he serves a sentence passed against him by Egypt some ten years ago.
Date of source: Thursday, October 15, 1998
Last Thursday Abdallah Abdel-Rahman, son of sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, was arrested and detained for 48 hours.