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The West and the Islamists

It seems the decision-makers in the United States and Europe began to realize the political role of Islamic movements in the Arab world and its impact on Western interests.

Statement on International Campaign Against Sudan and Its President

The secretariat-general of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) received with deep concern the call of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor for an arrest warrant against the Sudanese

Mass Arrests of Internet Activists in Egypt Yesterday and Abduction of Ahmed Maher in Alexandria

Egyptian security Agencies arrested 14 young Internet activists yesterday, said the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information. The group of activists are known as the “6th of April Youth.”

Report: Israel committed more than 51 violations since the truce started

GAZA, (PIC)-- Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, stated Thursday that the IOF troops had committed more than 51 violations and 400 military assaults, and kidnapped

Security Forces Arrest 16 April 6 Activists

Security forces arrested 16 activists who belong to April 6 movement on Wednesday evening in Alexandria from Abu Haif beach at Alexandria’s Miami district.

Menassat Correction: Jama’a Islamyia Not MB Called for Female Activist Prosecution

The Beirut based Menassat news website issued a correction today for its original story published on July 22nd, which mistakenly translated the name Jama’a Islamyia (The Islamic Group) as Muslim

Fighting For Press Freedom In Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia – Every once in a while you run across people whose courage makes you ask of yourself if you would act equally heroic should you find yourself in

Political Islam and Muslim hip hop

There is much talk about political Islam and its future these days. The ascendancy of political movements with clear Islamic agendas is being watched closely from Egypt and Lebanon to

MP Ibrahim: Sectarian Clashes are Product of Gov’t Negligence

In a heated panel discussion held by the People’s Assembly Committees of Defense and National Security and Human Rights on Tuesday deputy chief of Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc Hussein Ibrahim

Egypt’s child protection law sparks controversy

Cairo, Egypt - Since June, Egypt’s government and Islamist opposition parties have been trading barbs over a new law designed to protect the rights of children. Reforms instituted by the