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Palestine December 13, 2008

MP Barghouthi castigates Abbas for calling for elections in WB only

RAMALLAH, MP Dr. Mustafa Al-Barghouthi has described PA chief Mahmoud Abbas’s call for early general elections in the West Bank without the Gaza Strip as "insane and a crime".
Human RightsPalestineTorture December 13, 2008

Jewish settlers shoot, critically wound Palestinian child

AL-KHALIL, A Palestinian child was critically wounded on Friday when armed Jewish settlers encircled a Palestinian house and fired randomly in its vicinity in Al-Khalil city, eyewitnesses reported.
IkhwanWeb in Press December 13, 2008

The Middle East’s Generation Facebook

Shahi’s boss, Prime Minister Ibrahim El-Houdaiby, 50, knew all about how computers could change not just a country but a movement, even the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist organization founded in
Arts December 13, 2008

Digital Democracy in Chile and Egypt

In the United States social media tools have impacted presidential campaigns since the Presidential Election in 2000. Philip Howard points out on his book New Media Campaigns and the Managed
IraqMB Opinions December 13, 2008

MB In Iraq Condemns Karkuk Bombings, Calls For Iraqi Unity

In press statements, the Iraqi Islamic Party, or MB in Iraq, condemned the bombings in Karkuk expressing their deep disappointment and pain due to the incident which they
MB News December 13, 2008

Egypt Police Arrest 117 Muslim Brotherhood Members in Two Weeks

Egyptian State Security police arrested 117 members of the Muslim Brotherhood from six governments in the last two weeks.
MB BlogsMB in Arabian pressPolitical Islam Studies December 13, 2008

Muslim Brotherhood Websites

In early 2000, ashahed2000 website was launched, http://ashahed2000.tripod.com. A Muslim Brotherhood group called it "Ashahed (witness) for Political and Strategic Studies" and called itself "the People"s Assembly elections watchdog". It
MB in International press December 13, 2008

Ikhwanweb Notes: Financial Times Feature on Engaging Political Islam

Roula Khalaf in her latest feature for the Financial Times argues that Arab democracy has been dealt a blow with the continuous exclusion and crackdown on moderate Islamists who represent
Political Islam Studies December 13, 2008

Islamists in Politics: The Dynamics of Participation

Islamist movements participating in politics in the Middle East have reached an important crossroad. Despite some electoral success, they have failed to influence policy and are criticized by their base