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Human Rights August 8, 2007

A green light to oppression

In a move supposedly intended to counter Iranian influence, the US has announced a series of arms deals with Middle Eastern countries.
Human Rights August 8, 2007

A journalist arrested and sent to Evin prison, another gets three-year sentence

Reporters Without Borders called today for the release of Farshad Gorbanpour, who was arrested yesterday along with fellow journalist Masoud Bastani on the orders of Tehran prosecutor Said Mortazavi. Bastani
Human Rights August 8, 2007

Brotherhood students vanish without a trace

Six Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated men were arrested without charge by state security on July 18th and three have completely disappeared, according to Brotherhood MP Hamdy Hassan. Nobody has been able to
Women August 7, 2007

European Socialists decide to tackle Islamophobia

European socialist organizations have decided to stem the increasing Islamophobia in Europe by breaking the monopoly on the debate which has, up until now, primarily belonged to far-right and ultranationalist
Human Rights August 7, 2007

Man Beaten To Death By Egyptian Police, Again

Egyptian police officers beat a man to death in Al Mansoura, a town in the Nile Delta region this past Tuesday, Al Masry Al Youm newspaper reported. Nasr Abdulah Al
MB Around The World August 7, 2007

Jordan’s MB Unprecedented Rhetoric

The editorial entitled Why we boycotted demagogic elections? published on the official site of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group in Jordan, under signature of " the political editor " is
Human RightsTorture August 7, 2007

Islamists accuse Egypt police of kidnap, torture

Egypt’s main opposition movement the Muslim Brotherhood Monday accused police of having tortured and subsequently "disappeared" three of their number.
MB Around The World August 7, 2007

Escalations in Jordan

The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and government are raising the rhetorical pitch to really unprecedented levels since the MB’s last-minute boycott of the municipal elections.
Political Islam Studies August 7, 2007

Can Morocco’s Islamists check al-Qaida?

Morocco’s elections in September could be decisive since its moderate Islamists, from the Justice and Development Party (PJD), seem poised for easy victory. The PJD has watched the electoral success
Human Rights August 7, 2007

Iraqi attitudes continue to shift toward secular values

The political values of Iraqis are increasingly secular and nationalistic, according to a series of surveys of nationally representative samples of the population from December 2004-March 2007.