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Embracing Human Rights: Islamists Renouncing Violence

Why should we care about the human rights of people who themselves don't appear to respect them? Statements made this week by a former member of an armed Islamic group

Play fair, and Egypt may yet be land of the rising son

To his supporters he is a voice of reform in a stagnant country. To his detractors he represents the ruling elite responsible for the stagnation of the Arab world’s most

Minarets in the Land of Freedom (Part One)

In his recently published book, Les Minarets de la Discorde. Eclairages sur un Débat Suisse et Européen, which discusses the controversy around minarets in Switzerland, Dr. Patrick Haenni gives an

Amnesty criticizes Egypt probe of rockslide

Leading international human rights organization, Amnesty International, has lashed out at the Egyptian government over what it said was Cairo’s dismissal of the poorer segments of society that live in

Sawaseya: Military tribunals deny Egypt the services of its prominent sons.

In a statement of which "Ikhwanweb" was given a copy, The Sawaseya Centre for human rights condemned the irrational verdict issued by the appeals court in Cairo where the judiciary

Disappointing overrule of Military tribunals appeals.

The Appeals Court in Cairo overruled an appeal filed by the Muslim Brotherhood members who were sentenced by Military Tribunal on April 15, 2008 to harsh sentences which ranged from