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The Muslim Brotherhood Denies Report It Called for Writer Prosecution

The Lebanese Menassat news agency has mysteriously translated the word "Jama’a Islamiya" or "The Islamic Group" into the Muslim Brotherhood in a news story about a call by Jama’a Islamiya

EGYPT: Blogger, interpreter tortured by SSI

NEW YORK, July 18, 2008 (HRW/IFEX) – Egypt should immediately release six men who have been detained for more than 90 days without charge since their arrests following a workers

Palestinian MPs denounce kidnapping of MP Mansour, ask PA to stop negotiations

RAMALLAH, Palestinian parliament members on Monday reacted angrily to the Israeli occupation authority’s kidnapping of one of their female colleagues in Nablus earlier today and demanded an immediate stop to

Political Islam in the Middle East and North Africa

To date, there has been very little formal dialogue with political Islamist groups in the Middle East and North Africa on the part of European and North American governments and

Ayman Nour may receive presidential pardon, says El-Ghad

CAIRO: Ayman Nour, founder of El-Ghad Party and former presidential candidate, could be released from prison on a presidential pardon, due to be announced today.

Time to Stop Fooling Ourselves about Salafis

In wars that are as much about ideas as they are about anything else, it is convenient to have enemies that are clearly defined, easily demonized and clearly distinguishable from

The Islamist Conundrum

The elections within the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan for its Shura Council in March and the elections for the central bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in June drew

Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: Restoring Credibility

U.S. democracy promotion efforts in the Middle East should focus on realistic political reform goals that correspond both to regional realities and the limited degree of actual U.S. influence.