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A campus crusade against Muslims

COMING SOON to a college or university near you: A crusade of racist hate against Arabs and Muslims, featuring some of the right wing’s most vile figures.

Iraq is now a Shiite Islamic Theocracy, thanks to Bush

The U.S. invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003 succeeded in achieving ‘regime change‘. This goal was clearly stated in the Republican Party platform prior to the 2000 U.S. presidential

In Egypt, the son also rises

Tall and gangly, the man on stage in khakis and shirtsleeves spoke woodenly despite the energy and friendliness evident in his audience of well-off Egyptian college students and recent graduates.

An Argument for Pragmatism

The only way democracy or civil society can take root in Iraq, devastated by military, sectarian and political strife, is for the United States to withdraw its military presence. But

Black Cloud

For years, Egyptians have suffered from air pollution in the autumn; they call it "the black cloud," as its dark smoke covers the Egyptian capital and some other cities.

Crackdowns On Bloggers Increasing, Survey Finds

Government repression in some countries has shifted from journalists to bloggers, with the vitality of the Internet triggering a more focused crackdown as blogs increasingly take the place of mainstream

Muslim Women Step Up

The words ’feminism’ and ’Middle East’ are not often used in the same sentence. But, increasingly, women in the Arab world are beginning to demand greater authority for themselves in

US Forces Raid IIP Baghdad Premises

US army forces raided on Saturday at dawn the general headquarters of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) in Baghdad, and randomly disheveled its contents.

Military Trial of MB Leaders Resumes Today

The Military Tribunal will hold on Monday, the 23rd session trying 40 top Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders and businessmen, topped by engineer Khairat Al Shater the MB’s second deputy chairman.

Senior Muslim Brotherhood member denies remarks on Israel

A senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Essan el-Erien said Friday his group ’did not and would not recognize’, Israel contrary to his earlier comments carried by the al-Hayat