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Islamists and the Ballot Box

Dr Saad Eddin Ibrahim published an article on May 24 in the International Herald Tribune (and in

A play on voter sentiment

The countdown for Egypt’s first ever multi-candidate presidential elections—to be held on Wednesday—has begun. Last week Watani reviewed the election

One-way street

The inevitable rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, so confidently predicted by many, now looks implausible. At a time when restrictions on Muslim

Islamists urge Egyptians to vote out Mubarak

Egypt’s largest opposition movement, the banned but tolerated Muslim Brotherhood, urged Sunday its supporters to vote out incumbent Hosni Mubarak in the September 7 presidential poll.

Faith and politics mix in Egypt vote

Despite Egypt’s official ban on political parties with a religious agenda, faith has been drawn into the fray ahead of the country’s first presidential election.

Presidential Elections: An insider’s view

The post elections propaganda echoes are still looming in the Arab world , where all press and media concentrated their air and space time to its process, execution and results

Muslim Brotherhood Now Pushing for Reform

It was the typical sort of soft jihad practiced by thousands of young men enrolled in the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s main Islamic political organization and largest opposition group. Abdel Rahman

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Launches Online Election Campaign

he outlawed Muslim Brotherhood Group has preempted the campaigning season for the Egyptian parliamentary elections, scheduled for November, and launched an advertisement campaign explaining its election platform and the history

EU deplores conduct of Egypt’s Shura elections

The European Union’s German presidency on Friday deplored irregularities and violence during Egypt’s Shura elections earlier this week. Second-round polling took place on Monday and President Hosny Mubarak’s ruling party

US Considering Engaging Muslim Brothers?

The rabidly Zionist, MEMRI outlet, New York Sun has an interesting piece by Eli Lake, a reporter formerly based in Cairo who knows the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, about how the