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Letters: Engaging the Muslim Brotherhood

Lynch advises Akef to “watch what you say.” I may have to partially agree with him on that. Although Akef’s aim is winning the hearts of many Muslims with a

Muslim stars sing to help Darfur

"We felt this was an important event to put on for the British Muslim community to be able to raise their voices and stand in solidarity and stand together with

Hamas: Islamic democracy and national liberation

The Hamas election victory in January 2006 has led to an increased interest in the Islamic Resistance Movement. Hitherto little had been understood of Hamas’ history, political and social strategy

Learn more about Islam before judging Misguided representations don’t help

The terrorism awareness movement strategy is to claim theirs is a pro-Muslim discourse at the same time as anti-terrorist. They complain they have been accused of “demonizing” Muslims and Arabs,

MB Students Protest Their Exclusion From Student Bodies’ Elections

The day of the student union elections passed actually without any elections in many Egyptian universities due to the state of security escalation through striking off all names except for

MB responds to Marc Lynch’s Memo Published in Foreign Policy

In his memo, Lynch urges Akef to “use your political capital” and remain committed to democratic processes. But I feel that our commitment to democracy should not be the real

Tunisia: Inside Bin Ali’s ’Republic of Tomorrow’

In November 2007 Tunisia’s second president will celebrate twenty years at the helm. As the architect of this Maghribi state’s so-called ‘change’ and ‘renewal’ (‘changement’ and ‘renouveau’),

On Human Rights, U.S. Seems to Give Egypt a Pass

Last month, Hisham Kassem, an Egyptian human rights advocate, met with President Bush in Washington when he was flown there for an award granted by the National Endowment for Democracy.

Student Unions’ Elections: No Campaigning, No Final Lists

Observers at the Sawasiya Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Center are still following up the human rights violations marring the student elections in Egyptian universities. Concerning the final lists of the