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More Serious Excavations Target Al Aqsa Mosque

Since the city of Jerusalem was occupied by the Israeli authorities in 1967, the Israeli Antiquities Authority has been doing its bestو through using the policy of the stick and

Al Katatni: We Reject NDP Tailored Constitutional Amendments

The Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc in Egypt managed to successfuly and effectively lead the opposition movement in parliament through its performance and discipline, to the extent that most of the

No to Democracy!

No to democracy! These are not my words, but rather those of American researcher and notable political strategic writer Fareed Zakaria; Newsweek international’s editor and columnist for the Foreign Affairs

Violence Against Egyptian Women In The Second Half of 2006

This report is issue no. 52 of LCHR’s Economic & Social Rights series. The report monitors violent cases against women published in the Egyptian newspapers during the second half of

Urgent Call: Iraqi Armed Militias Burn 15 Flats Owned By Syrians

Eye-witnesses have reported to SHRC through direct telephone calls from Baghdad this evening that armed men in Iraqi police uniform have attacked and burned flats in which exiled Syrians live

MB Leader Arrested in Alexandria

Egyptian security forces in Alexandria arrested on Wednesday Ahmed Al Nahhas, the Engineers’ Syndicate treasurer and Muslim Brotherhood leader. Sources said to Ikhwanweb that Al Nahhas is still being held in

Arab Liberals’ Plight For Democracy Takes U-Turn

Mshari Al-Zaydi’s article "No to Democracy" represents a trend among liberal politicians in the Middle East who argue that the application of transparent democracy might not be the cure for

News Analysis: Rice speaks softly in Egypt

In the days before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with officials in Egypt, the news media here were filled with stories detailing charges of corruption, cronyism, torture and political

Punished for what I do right

It is only natural that people go to sleep not sure that they will wake up alive the next day, but what is not natural is the new feeling I

Egypt: Police Arrests 3 More MB Members

The Egyptian security forces arrested, Wednesday at dawn, three Muslim Brotherhood members from three governorates; the detainees are Mohamed Mahmoud Abdul Gawaad, a health inspector from Alexandria, and Eng. Said