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Last Chapter – Controversial Military Tribunal against MB Leaders in Last Stage

Next Tuesday, the case heard by the Huckstepp-based Military Tribunal trying forty Muslim Brotherhood (MB) businessmen, university professors and professionals on charge of money laundry will enter its last stage

Have Egyptian Youth Reached Point of Political Frustration?

"Despair is accompanied by weakness. Weakness is a proof on ignorance. Ignorance should never defeat us. We are exerting our utmost efforts seeking a better life for us and for

Interview with Mohamed Morsi , MB Executive Office Member

When the initial draft of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Party program which was recently offered to more than fifty intellectuals and politicians in Egypt, there has been so much talk

More than 100 websites blocked in growing wave of online censorship

Reporters Without Borders is concerned that the number of websites to which access is blocked in Syria has been growing steadily for the past month. More than 100 websites, including

Blaze in Al-Azhar Girls Campus: 5 Dead, 130 Injured

A great fire broke out in a lecture hall in the Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Al-Azhar Zagazig Girls Campus, today’s afternoon. The electrically-caused fire led to a partial

EGYPT: Islamist Draft Manifesto Stirs Controversy

CAIRO, Dec 7 (IPS) - For the last several months, politicians of all stripes have awaited release of the Muslim Brotherhood movement’s political party manifesto. According to spokesmen for the

Democracy is more than a ballot box

You would think that small-d democrats would be pleased by recent events in Venezuela and Russia. Both countries held elections. Voters in those countries expressed the popular will -- in

Asyut University Students Demand Gaza Blockade Lifted

Muslim Brotherhood students in Asyut University held last Tuesday, Dec, 4th, 2007, a huge demonstration which included about 1000 students, in which they condemned the continuous closure of Rafah Border

9 MB Al-Azhar Students Released, Reportedly Tortured

Egyptian state security services released nine of Al-Azhar University students out of the 22 Faculty of Education students detained earlier.

Post-Islamism

Muslim dictatorships have caused a lot of frustration. These days Islamists – individuals and groups who believe that their system of government should be based on Islamic principles – are