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Egypt calls summit to isolate Hamas

Egypt moved forcefully Thursday to isolate Hamas, calling a regional summit next week including the Israelis and Palestinians — and shunning contacts with the militant group after its takeover of

Georgetown Symposium on Islamist Politics

THE GEORGETOWN University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies held its annual symposium in Washington, DC March 22 and 23, on the theme “Islamist Politics: Contemporary Trajectories in the Arab World.”

Accusations fly as Egypt’s ruling party rivals are crushed (Roundup)

President Hosny Mubarak’s ruling party was set to clinch victory in the first and second rounds of Shura Council elections, but the aftermath of a violent and controversial electoral process

Detention of 14 Dakahlia MBs Prolonged

Dakahlia prosecution prolonged on the detention of 14 MB detainees in Mit Ghamr for 15 days after a Mit Ghamr policemen claimed that the supporters of the MB candidate Dr.

Mansoura Prosecution Jails 11 MBs 15 More Days

Mansoua prosecution ordered detention of several Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members prolonged on charge of belonging to the Egyptian moderate group and supporting its candidates in the elections, said MB lawyer

Bush Weighs Reaching Out To ‘Brothers’

 The Bush administration is quietly weighing the prospect of reaching out to the party that founded modern political Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood. Still in its early stages and below the

Arrests for Political Crimes: Theoretical Concept

Post-prison roads: Situation of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience in Syria after Being Released from Custody Since the creation of authority and the appearance of active political and social

Battle over aid

Are US-Egyptian relations about to assume a new direction, asks David Dumke in Washington The recommendation of legislation by a powerful US congressional committee which, for the first time since