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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
MB NewsMB OpinionsNews releases December 12, 2008

Muslim Brotherhood Is Considering National Coalition That Would Bypass Mistakes of the Past: Habib

The Muslim Brotherhood is currently considering a "national coalition entity" that "avoids the mistakes of the past" and "aims at building a strong alliance between diverse Egyptian forces," Muslim Brotherhood
Human RightsMilitary TribunalReports December 11, 2008

Rights Report Criticizes MB Military Tribunals and Municipal Elections Detentions

Report released by the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies criticized military tribunals for 40 Muslim Brotherhood leaders, main opposition group in Egypt, which lasted year long and ended with
MB Around The World December 11, 2008

Tunisia Muslim Brotherhood Condemns Arresting Former Leader

The Tunisian Renaissance Movement (Muslim Brotherhood) denounced arresting its former leader Al-Sadek Shorow after statements he released saying that he intended to return to his political activity.
Political Islam Studies December 9, 2008

Democracy ‘normalizes’ Islamists?

The report’s authors stress that such shifts are not an inevitable result of democratization. Critical variables encouraging ‘normalisation’ of Islamist parties include the existence of strong competition from other parties
Palestine December 9, 2008

Fourth free Gaza sea voyage sets sail from Cyprus

Lubna Masarwa, one of the Free Gaza organizers, stated that, "Gaza doesn’t need charity. What Gaza needs is sustained political action aimed at overcoming this vicious siege. We are unarmed
Human RightsPalestine December 9, 2008

AI: Siege in Gaza leaves people barely alive

Rovera added that the infrastructure in Gaza was rapidly deteriorating due to the lack of fuel, electricity and spare parts, and warned that hospitals are in great shortage of basic