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PA torments Palestinians on Israel’s behalf

PA security agencies have also violently suppressed peaceful rallies by the pan-Islamic Liberation party commemorating the downfall of the Ottoman Caliphate. Eyewitnesses said undisciplined policemen beat participants using plastic truncheons.

Report reveals violations against Palestinian children in Israeli jails

The report unveiled that the jailers in the Ofek juvenile prison located in the Sharon area tie up Palestinian children, force them to sleep on the floor for long hours

Akef Calls on Palestinian Factions to Stop Mutual Accusations, Detentions

Muslim Brotherhood Chairman Mohamed Mahdy Akef called on Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to immediately stop exchanging accusations and detentions, and to work for a peaceful settlement of the crisis.

Dude, We Didn’t Say That

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Official website has an interesting article on a recent piece that was falsely attributed to them.

Arab intellectuals and the State

Amid the clamour and blood-letting in the Middle East - carnage in Iraq, fratricidal brawls in the Palestinian territories, Lebanon’s unhealed wounds and so much more - another less publicised

Journalists challenge Egypt’s exceptional laws at seminar

CAIRO: Journalists on Thursday considered the role of the press in challenging exceptional laws during a seminar held at the Hisham Mubarak Law Center.

Turkey’s AKP escapes ban, tensions disguise ‘Islamo-secular convergence’

Turkey’s ruling AK Party will not be banned, the head of the Constitutional Court decided today. But the party will be denied state funding. There had been speculation that Turkey’s

Islamists gain from Mideast turmoil and democratic deficit

The Arab world is “a juxtaposition of many ideologies, identities, and governance Systems,” a new report from the Henry L. Stimson Center suggests. To understand current political trends it is

Egypt’s bloggers and labor activists make common cause

Over a dozen Egyptian “Facebook activists” were arrested last week, as authorities continued to suppress a network resulting from a recent textile workers’ strike.

The Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt

Last month President George W Bush told the Arab world to democratise and allow opposition parties to take part in the political process. It was a pointed remark to make