Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 2, 2000
The author is of opinion that none of the parties, with the exception of the Muslim Brotherhood, benefits from the results of the elections which disclosed their real popularity and the true tendencies in society. He believes that the issues the Brotherhood intends to work for, such as canceling...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 12, 2000
The Brotherhood’s success in these elections is sending many messages to the government. First, beside winning 15 seats, they were able to penetrate the siege of the security around the polling stations because they were able to reach the polling centers in different ways. Second, their success was...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 30, 2000
[Also on pages 36, 37] The Muslim Brotherhood started preparing for the coming parliamentary elections three years ago. After failing to obtain influence in the government through terrorism, the Muslim Brothers decided to change their strategy for these elections. For the first time in their...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 18, 2000
Al-Arabi published the full text of the sessions that the Attorney General and his two assistant counselors had with Shukri and Mesallam. While the Attorney General and his two assistants considered the sessions to be straight forward political talks and discussions, the author insisted on calling...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 25, 1999
Nobody ever thought that the young man dressed in a suit and tarboush [head cover used widely in Egypt until the 1950’s], sitting in a cafe in [the city of] Ismailia with some of his friends, would be the founder of the biggest violent group in Egypt throughout the twentieth century. That was in...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 11, 1999
Rose El-Youssef magazine continues its recent attack against the Labor Party (in Egypt) claiming that the party has been hijacked by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and Muslim extremists, and that it is presenting itself falsely as the sole party representing the interests of Islam in Egypt.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 3, 1999
The author responds to a controversial article of Islamic thinker Fahmy Howeidy, titled "The voice of the Coptic church". Howeidy mentioned that he is sorry for the behavior of Copts abroad because they meet with some Jewish extremists in a mutual attempt of which they may or may not know its...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 27, 1999
The author claims members of the Gama’at al-Islamia and the Jihad, who have been involved in terrorism, are active in the Labor Party. He therefore sounds the alarm, an warns that the country’s democracy is in danger and that viruses of sickness are spreading in the political atmosphere.. without...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 1999
What does the Brotherhood have that scares the government? One of the deputies of the General Guide of the Brotherhood is a Syrian. How can Egyptian’s accept this, the paper asks. The arrests of major members of the Brotherhood have caused an internal turmoil. Some Brothers see the crackdown as a...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 1999
In a continuing clampdown on the clandestine Muslim Brotherhood, security forces on Thursday detained 20 alleged members of the group. Sixteen of the Islamist leaders were picked up as they held a meeting in the Maadi office of the Engineering Organizations’ Union. Others were arrested at their...