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TURKEY – Veiled Democracy?

THE West doesn’t know quite what to think of Turkey’s Islamic-oriented ruling party: does it envision a liberal, European future for Turkey or an Islamist one? A vote this week

Zoning Board Rejects Islamic Center Plan

After months of heated debate, the zoning appeals board in Walkersville has rejected a proposal by a Silver Spring-based Muslim sect to build a mosque and retreat facility on a

Danish Newspapers Republish Prophet Mohammed Cartoon

Five Danish newspapers have republished on Wednesday(Feb. 13, 2008) a caricature satirizing the Prophet Mohammad which sparked huge protests across the Muslim World in 2006.

Dozens of MBs Arrested during a Crackdown in 3 governorates

Wide scale sweeps of arrests have been launched today at dawn(Thursday Feb. 14, 2008) by the Egyptian security forces against Muslim Brotherhood members.

Gangsterly state

Is there a real difference between a criminal state and a criminal individual? Is there a difference between classical gangsters and armed robbers who hold-up people and steal their money

Resheq: Assassination of Mughniyah a link in the chain of Israel’s crimes

Ezzat Al-Resheq, a member of the Hamas political bureau, strongly denounced Wednesday the Israeli assassination of Emad Mughniyah, a prominent Hizbullah leader, in Damascus, considering it a link in the

Red Cross: Situation in Gaza worsening

The director of the Red Cross office in Gaza on Wednesday warned that the situation in the Gaza Strip was worsening as a result of long hours of power outage,

Egyptian Doctors Demonstrate, Call for Applying Special Cadre

Hundreds of Egyptian doctors staged on Sunday Feb, 10th, 2008, a vigil in front of the People’s Assembly, the lower chamber of parliament, calling on government to approve a special

Egyptian Court Orders Retrial in Torture Case

The Egyptian Court of Cassation turned over acquittal rulings for three police officers and a police informant in a case of torturing a man to death 13 years ago. The

Egyptian Price Hikes…Will they trigger Popular Ranger

Egyptian markets are facing in early 2008 a crisis of rising prices which Egypt has never witnessed before.