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Human RightsOther IssuesReports March 31, 2008

NDP Launches Media Offesnive to Counter Muslim Brotherhood

The General Secretariat of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) approved an offensive media campaign to face the sprawling network of websites created by the Muslim Brotherhood, according to sources
Human RightsMB NewsPrisoners of Conscience March 31, 2008

Sweeps of Arrests Continue as Municipal Elections Approach

Egyptian security authorities launched wide-scale sweeps of arrests in governorates of Monufeya and Daqahlia since yesterday night where a number of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) affiliates were detained
MB News March 31, 2008

MB Political Consultant Barred From Travelling to Conference in Jedda

The Egyptian security authorities prevented Dr. Abdul-Hameed Al-Ghazali, professor in the faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo university, from traveling to Saudi Arabia today despite finishing all his travel
Human Rights March 31, 2008

Selling Democracy – De Lux Model with Double-Standards Built In

The news went largely unreported, so you may have missed it, but last week the editor of a newspaper in Cairo was sentenced to six months in prison for spreading
Human Rights March 31, 2008

Dimming the lights on Arab satellites

After years of rhetoric about the need for a pan-Arab satellite television framework, Arab information ministers last February 12 adopted a charter that provides the tools to penalize broadcasters who
Other OpinionsPalestine March 30, 2008

Mishaal: Palestinians entitled to resist occupation with all available means

Khaled Mishaal, the chairman of the Hamas political bureau, has stressed that the Palestinian people were entitled to resist occupation with all available means including military means.
Election CoverageIraq March 30, 2008

The Smart Way Out of a Foolish War

Both Democratic presidential candidates agree that the United States should end its combat mission in Iraq within 12 to 16 months of their possible inauguration. The Republican candidate has spoken
ActivitesArtsIslamic IssuesReports March 30, 2008

Dutch film an extremist plot to widen Islam-West gulf

THE Doha-based Muslim scholar Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi has condemned the anti-Islam film released last Thursday by a far-right Dutch lawmaker.
Election CoverageReports March 30, 2008

Court Verdict allowing 100 MB candidate to be registered in elections

The Supreme Administrative Court ordered the obligatory of registering the names of 100 MB candidates in the final documents of municipal elections in Sharqiya governorate. The court will view other
Election CoverageHuman RightsMB in International pressReform Issues March 30, 2008

HRW: Egypt’s Crackdown Against MB is Shamless Bid to Fix Vote

Human Rights Watch (HRW), strongly condemned Egypt’s clampdown against members and activists of the Muslim Brotherhood ahead of the local elections on April 8. Joe Stark, Middle East director at