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Arts December 11, 2007

Daughter of the West

Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing undesirable flirtations or transcending clandestine love affairs, they often don’t work. Where both parties
ArtsOther Issues December 11, 2007

A force for peace

The reunion of Led Zeppelin is among the most anticipated in rock history. And with good reason. In the 1970s, the British band was mesmerizing.
Human RightsPrisoners of Conscience December 10, 2007

Muslim Brotherhood leader decries Egypt military trial

[JURIST] A leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder], who is standing before a military trial in Egypt on money laundering and terror charges, Monday denounced the
Islamic MovementsPalestine December 10, 2007

Hamas Deputy FM in Rice Message: Hamas Seeks Peace

Dr. Ahmed Youssef, the political adviser at the Hamas-led Palestinian Foreign Ministry sent a message through the media to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in which he stressed that Hamas
MB NewsPrisoners of Conscience December 10, 2007

Al-Shater Denies Censorship Charges, Considers Fake

Khairat Al-Shater appeared before Al-Sayeda Zainab Prosecution pursuant to a notice filed against him by the Censorship Investigation Bureau.
Human RightsPrisoners of Conscience December 10, 2007

Military trial of Brotherhood members a ’farce,’ group leader says

A prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader standing trial in a military court here on Monday decried the proceedings against him and 39 other senior members of the banned opposition group as
Islamic MovementsMB VS. QaedaReform Issues December 10, 2007

Jihad revisions

Before Al-Qaeda’s chief theorist, Imam Abdul- Aziz Al-Marouf, publicised the ideological revisions drafted by the founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Sayed Imam El-Sherif (Dr Fadl), and since the Egyptian
Election Coverage December 10, 2007

Popular Dictators: Who Could Pass the Democratic Test?

Some call Putin a dictator, yet few deny that he would win a fair election. If you look around the world, how many bona fide dictators could say the same?
MB BlogsOther BlogsYouth December 10, 2007

End of the MB Blogging Spring?

Despite Mahmoud’s current pessimism, I still think that this is possible down the road - if these creative and energetic youth activists can find ways to reassure their elders that
Human RightsMB NewsPrisoners of Conscience December 10, 2007

25 student members of the Muslim Brotherhood arrested in Egypt

At least 25 students have been arrested by the Egyptian go vernment for ’belonging’ to an outlawed muslim group, marking the resumption of t he government’s crackdown on members of