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MB in International pressPolitical Islam Studies March 8, 2006

Egyptian authorities detain Islamists, close down paper

Egyptian police detained four more members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday and a senior member of the Islamic group said the authorities had closed down a weekly newspaper
Other Views March 8, 2006

Cheney: no US help for PA unless Hamas renounces terror

 Vice President Dick Cheney delivers his remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Tuesday. (AP)   Vice President Dick Cheney told an influential pro-Israel group Tuesday that the United
March 7, 2006

New Arrests in Giza

In a new episode of the unjustified escalation policy against the Muslim Brotherhood, the security forces launched a new campaign of arrests on sunday’s dawn.
Parliament News March 7, 2006

Egyptian Parliamentarians Against Corruption

Two of the Muslim Brotherhood, Essam el-Arian, a former MP, and Muhammad el-Katateny, the chief of the group’s bloc in the parliament, joined the organization of ’Egyptian Parliamentarians against Corruption’
MB in International press March 7, 2006

Palestinian leader shows a softer side of Hamas

Had Israel’s quarter-ton bomb been a bit bigger, Ismail Haniyeh might have gone down in history three years ago as a minor Hamas figure killed in a surgical strike aimed
Reports March 7, 2006

Side-effect of Iraqi exhaustion

Egypt’s government is cracking down on pro-reform activists, calculating that Washington’s drive to democratise the Middle East has flagged after Islamist successes in Egyptian and Palestinian elections. The prospect of
Human Rights March 7, 2006

Human Rights Report on Legal Pursuits of Journalists

Dialogue Forum for Development and Human Rights released an evaluative report on the freedom of expression in Egypt during the last year. According to the report, 25 verdicts have been
March 7, 2006

Government Crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood Continues

Arrest campaigns targeting the Muslim Brotherhood continue when the State Security officers stormed Qina-bound train arresting two of the Muslim Brotherhood: Abdullah Khalil, a member of the Bar Association’s board
Other Opinions March 7, 2006

The Case for Democracy

THE "DEMOCRACY backlash" is in full swing, largely because of the carnage in Iraq and the electoral success of the terrorist organization Hamas in the Palestinian Authority. In the past
Other OpinionsPolitical Islam Studies March 6, 2006

Democracy, The New Battlefield Between “Islamists” And Regimes

On the surface, the landslide victory of Hamas, the Islamic resistance movement, in Palestinian legislative elections in January has not reflected directly on democracy in Jordan or the wider Arab