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Relations Worsen Between the Egyptian Regime and the Muslim Brotherhood

Relations between the Egyptian government and the Muslim Brotherhood movement in Egypt, never less than tense, have recently taken a turn for the worse. Following a December 10, 2006 march

The path to power

examines the Muslim Brotherhood’s pursuit of influence What would happen should the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) take power in Egypt? The MB deputy leader and several MB parliamentarians have declared, then

Mubarak responds to Brotherhood ’threat’

president Mubarak recently instigated the passing of 34 amendments to the Egyptian constitution as his ruling NDP seeks to regain political ground lost to the Muslim Brotherhood. ISN Security Watch

The problem, Benny Morris, is Zionism

Benny Morris is an honest man. He was one of the first to expose the history of Zionist dispossession and expulsion of the Palestinians. He later honestly regretted that the

How do you like your democracy now, Mr. Bush?

Hamas’ stunning victory underlines the contradictions and hypocrisies in Bush’s Mideast policies The stunning victory of the militant Muslim fundamentalist Hamas Party in the Palestinian elections underlines the central contradictions

Reporters Without Borders issues its 2007 annual press freedom survey

The survey, published on 1 February, reports on press freedom in 98 countries and includes the main violations of journalists’ rights in 2006 and regional aspects of media and Internet

Funding the Brotherhood

The Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) celebrations last year marking the passage of the first centennial of the birth of the movement’s founder, Hassan al Banna, and while preparations were in progress

Iran: The War Begins

As opposition grows in America to the failed Iraq adventure, the Bush administration is preparing public opinion for an attack on Iran, its latest target, by the spring. The United

Please spare me the word ’terrorist’

So it was back to terror, terror, terror this week. The "terrorist" Hizbollah was trying to destroy the "democratically elected government" of Fouad Siniora in Lebanon. The "terrorist" Hamas government

Egyptian Citizen GDP Per Capita Retreats to Only 6%: Egyptian Parliamentary Report

A parliamentary report demanded protecting and supporting the low- income, marginalized and poor people against the continuous price hikes and improving and raising salaries of the fixed-income people, including public