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Pro-Israel Lobby determines U.S. Policy, says Harvard Study

U.S. policies in the Middle East don’t serve the country’s national interest, and are determined primarily by the country’s pro-Israel lobby, according to a study published Thursday by researchers from

Muslim Brotherhood Condemns Attacks in Samara By US Troops

The Muslim Brotherhood expresses its strongest condemnation of the ongoing severe and barbaric attack against unarmed Iraqi civilians lead by US forces in collaboration with Iraqi soldiers. More than 1500

Egypt judges demonstrate against interrogation of colleagues after elections criticism

 Members of the professional association of Egyptian jurists known as The Judges Club demonstrated in Cairo Friday, calling for greater judicial independence in Egypt [JURIST news archive] and

Clearing the Path For Scion of Egypt

Hosni Mubarak’s Son Climbs Party Ranks as Country’s Leaders Undercut His Rivals, The son of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and a group of close associates have moved into key political

Waging Peace, Egypt’s Parliamentary Election

IN A DEC. 7 panel organized by the United States-Egypt Friendship Society (USEF), and held at the Carnegie Endowment for International Democracyin Washington, DC, Ambassador Nicholas Veliotes, chairman of USEF,

Role-Model for Muslim Youths throughout Europe, Portrait Tariq Ramadan

Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan is the idol of the Parisian suburbs. He is fighting for a modern Islam and against what he calls "Jewish intellectuals". Now the US administration has

Are Sharia Laws and Human Rights Compatible?

Emran Qureshi and Heba Raouf Ezzat In their correspondence, Emran Qureshi (journalist and expert for Islam and human rights) and Heba Raouf Ezzat (lecturer for political science and womens’ rights

’We Do Not Wish to Throw Them Into the Sea’

Since Hamas won control of parliament in the recent Palestinian elections, policymakers in Washington and Jerusalem have been faced with a dilemma: how to deal with a democratically elected government

Muslim Brotherhood Agenda is Centered on Comprehensive Reform

Dr. Mohamed Habib, deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), confirmed that the MB’s agenda is centered on three major issues, on top of which is the question of political

“We Muslims Have No Church!”

Human rights and secularism, says Ahmed An-Na’im, create a space for protest. And, surprisingly, the lawyer, who is originally from Sudan, sees in the Muslim law system, the Sharia, the