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Torture June 1, 2009

Egypt: Disproportionate and excessive use of force during arrest_Lack of appropriate medical care

According to the same information received, 24 men, who were present at Mr. Ahmed Ali Hussein Eid’s apartment, were eventually arrested on 17 May 2009 by the security forces, accused
ActivitesOther IssuesOther Opinions June 1, 2009

Jihadist revisions

What can be learned from the state’s confrontation with violent Islamist movements in the 1980s and 90s?
ActivitesElection Coverage June 1, 2009

Islamists Lose Ground in the Middle East

The results of Kuwait’s elections last month -- in which Islamists were rebuffed and four women were elected to parliament -- will likely reinvigorate the movement for greater democracy in
ActivitesOther IssuesReform Issues June 1, 2009

Can Muslims provide solutions to the Current Economic Crisis?

America Muslims cannot sit on sidelines talking only about foreign policy related issues. We must play a role in coming up with ideas to help the economy.
ActivitesHuman RightsWomen June 1, 2009

What Do Muslim Women Want?

In sharp contrast to the popular image of silent submissiveness, Gallup findings on women in countries that are predominantly Muslim or have sizable Muslim populations hardly show that they have
ActivitesOther IssuesPolitical Islam Studies June 1, 2009

How Islamic culture helped Europe out of Dark Ages

The timing is apt: now that Barack Obama’s America seeks conciliation rather than confrontation in the Middle East, here is a thoughtful book revealing how Islamic culture helped the West
ActivitesHuman RightsIslamic MovementsMB Around The World June 1, 2009

Jordan’s Islamic Action Front picks up new leadership

Amman - The Islamic Action Front, Jordan’s largest political party, has chosen new interim leadership in a bid to restore unity that seemed to have been undermined due to exacerbating
ActivitesHuman RightsIslamic MovementsMB Around The World June 1, 2009

Farhan appointed interim IAF chief

AMMAN, May 31, 2009 (Jordan Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The shura council of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) elected Ishaq Farhan as an interim secretary general
ActivitesHuman RightsObama June 1, 2009

Obama’s visit is dividing Egyptians

CAIRO // Since the May 8 announcement that the US president, Barack Obama, would deliver his long-awaited speech to the Islamic world in Egypt, the country has been gripped by
ActivitesHuman RightsObama June 1, 2009

Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama

CAIRO, Egypt -- Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq _ that’s what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia say they