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MB and WestMB Opinions July 24, 2008

Dialogue Between Muslim Brotherhood and EU Has Better Prospects, Says MB Deputy Chairman

The Muslim Brotherhood places more hope on EU rather than U.S. in its efforts to promote understanding and dialogue between the Arab and Muslim worlds and the West, said MB
Arts July 24, 2008

Is democracy a security issue?

The problem that authoritarian regimes have with democracy is not only that it may undermine the foundations of authoritarianism and tyranny and reveal the false legitimacy on which such regimes
Reports July 23, 2008

Hounding Anwar

Malaysia is often cited as a Muslim country that has successfully embraced modern technology and participatory democracy.
Iran July 23, 2008

Ex-Advisers Warn Against Threatening to Attack Iran

The Bush administration should stop talking about a military attack as an option if negotiations do not immediately halt Iran’s uranium reprocessing program, two former national security advisers said yesterday.
Arts July 23, 2008

Is Turkey’s Justice and Development Party a future model for the Arab world?

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is now engaged in a political struggle with the country’s secular establishment, and the outcome is unclear. Western governments had hoped the party’s leaders
Reports July 23, 2008

Turkey’s Turmoil

Turkey’s political crisis has taken a turn for the worse. The chief prosecutor, who has accused the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of anti-secular statements and actions, has presented
ObamaPalestineReports July 23, 2008

Palestinians see Obama as agent of change

JERUSALEM -- With Barack Obama touring the Middle East and leading in the polls ahead of the U.S. presidential election this fall, many Palestinians are beginning to hope that the
Reports July 23, 2008

POMED Notes: Islamist Parties and Democracy

Yesterday, the International Forum for Democratic Studies and the National Endowment for Democracy invited Hillel Fradkin, Amr Hamzawy, Laith Kubba, and Tamara Cofman Wittes to assess the rise of Islamist
News releases July 22, 2008

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
Human Rights July 22, 2008

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