Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
The Egyptian minister of interior, Major General Habīb al- ‘Ādlī, has submitted a memorandum to the Administrative Judicial Court, calling for the dismissal of the lawsuits filed by 150 Copts, who embraced Islam and afterwards decided to convert back to Christianity, and accusing the converts of...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2006
A few days ago, news broke that the Egyptian Ministry of Interior had arrested a 22-member terrorist cell, calling itself al-Tā’ifa al-Mansoura [The Victorious Sect], on charges of planning terrorist attacks against a number of tourist sites, gas pipelines on the Greater Cairo ring road, and...
Date of source: Thursday, April 27, 2006
This press review investigates the three
consecutive bombings in the Sinai resort of Dahab from an analytical perspective amidst growing suspicions
of the
loyalty of the Bedouins of Sinai to their Egyptian homeland. It also includes suggestions about the
involvement of
al-Qā‘ida network.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Egyptian police have managed to identify the bombers who
carried out the April 24 blasts of the tourist
resort of Dahab, as three North Sinai Bedouin, Mu’min Fārouq
Muhammad ‘Alī, Karīm
Ashraf ‘Abdallāh and Mājid
‘Alī Mahmoud. Two days after the triple blasts,
two suicide bombers attacked...
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
A new
law forces the
Ministry of Interior to acknowledge the conversion of Coptic Orthodox Christians to Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
The Summary Justice Court started examining a lawsuit filed by a number of Coptic lawyers against the Minister of Interior to oblige him to register the uniform of Coptic Orthodox clergy. It is believed that the lawsuit was filed as a result of Al-Nabaa’s article about a former monk who continued...
Date of source: Thursday, December 29, 2005
Al-Maydān has managed to get a copy of the CD on which newly-converted Maryān and Christine Nādīr speak out about their conversion to Islam and deny being abducted by Islamic groups or forced to convert to Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
Suggestions of a deal between British and Egyptian authorities to exchange prisoners, including three Britons in prison in Egypt in connection to membership of Hizb al-Tahrīr and Egyptian, Abu Hamza al-Misrī, currently in jail in the U.K.
Date of source: Friday, September 5, 2003
The Minister of Interior declared that a new Jihad cell of 25 members, including six foreigners, was arrested.
Date of source: Friday, September 5, 2003
The Minister of Interior gave Al-Musawwar many statements concerning the imprisoned members of the Gama´a Al-Islamiya and the Jihad group.