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And what does the act mean for the stability of Egypt? As in a mystery novel in which hardly a character is free of suspicion, Sadat had so many enemies that almost no political or religious group can be completely ruled out. He was despised as a traitor by Arab...
A small, violent Muslim fundamentalist sect known as Takfir wa Hijra (Atonement and Holy Flight) may have been involved. This group, a band of urban guerrillas seeking to transform Egypt into a rigid Islamic state, exhorts its members to use "sacred terror" to achieve its objectives and is known to...
The real perceptions of the Arabs, and particularly the Palestinians, toward Sadat are exceedingly complex. Leaving aside Gaddafi (as well as that non-Arab Muslim fanatic to the east, Iran's Ayatullah Khomeini, who late last week called on Egyptians to overthrow "the dead Pharaoh's successors" and replace his...
They let me alone for a few days. Then just as I was feeling a little better they started on a different tactic. It was psychological. Clergymen strolling through the passages between cells would abruptly point to a prisoner in an ostensibly whimsical manner and order the Islamic Guards to...
On Sept. 4, one of my interrogators told me that very serious charges had been leveled against me, though he did not say what they were. When Ichallenged him to name a single individual who had accused me of a crime, he said, "I will introduce you to as many...