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Judges ActivitesReform Issues June 21, 2007

Egypt judge vows to keep fighting government corruption

Justice Ahmed Mekki, one of the chief whistleblowers of the alleged widespread and well-reported vote-rigging that marred, respectively, Egypt’s September and November 2005 presidential and parliamentary elections, vowed Wednesday to
Election CoverageHuman RightsMB News June 21, 2007

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood unshaken by crackdown

A crackdown on Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has put the movement center stage as the government yields to demands for reform, but the conflict between the state and the Islamists is
ActivitesElection CoverageMB in Arabian pressMB NewsReform IssuesReports June 21, 2007

Muslim Brotherhood Instructed not to Run Under

In a break with tradition, Muslim Brotherhood candidates in Egypt ’s upcoming parliamentary elections were instructed to include the name of the organization in all their campaign literature and speeches
ActivitesElection CoverageMB NewsReports June 21, 2007

M. B. may contest elections using own name

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, officially outlawed but widely tolerated, may have its candidates run under the movement’s own name in November’s parliamentary polls, rather than as independents as they have done
June 21, 2007

Akef: Reform in Egypt is inevitable and the eternal rule is unacceptable.

Reform in Egypt is Inevitable and the Eternal Rule is unacceptable. Muhammad Akef, the Chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, affirmed that the movement goes on its cooperation with all political
MB NewsMilitary Tribunal June 20, 2007

Families of MB Detainees Protest Military Trials To Parliament

A group of families of Muslim Brotherhood leaders standing military trial handed on Wednesday, June, 20, 2007, a memo to the Egyptian House Speaker, Dr. Fathi Sorour to protest the
Other Views June 20, 2007

Poor Turnout Undermines Mubarak’s Legitimacy: Experts

The legitimacy of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s new six-year term is undermined by the fact that he secured only one-fifth of the 32 million eligible voters, which also attests to
CoptsOther Views June 20, 2007

Coptic Play Shadows Egypt’s Legislative Polls

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, October 23, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – The sectarian tension in Egypt’s second city of Alexandria over an anti-Islam play produced by an Orthodox church is casting
Other ViewsPolitical Islam Studies June 20, 2007

Egyptian Islamists hit streets

CAIRO, (UPI) When the banned Muslim Brotherhood organizes a campaign march here, it leaves very little to chance.
Other Views June 20, 2007

“Easing into Islamic democracy

WASHINGTON - As the US debated going to war in Iraq last fall, some American Muslims were pursuing their own small antiterror campaign in the Muslim world