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Egypt abuses emergency law with the illegal detention and torture of student Ibrahim Mogahed

Egypt's Emergency Law is often applied in situations where there is no link to terrorist activities, such as the frequent arbitrary detention of political activists

Arrests continue in State Security sweep hauling in 21 extra MB from Sharqia and Beheira

The wave of arrests, primarily carried out in pre-dawn raids continues in Egypt's governorates.

Jordan decided against improving relations with Hamas

Sources in the Islamic movement in Jordan have said that Amman was waging a campaign against anyone collecting donations for Gaza or Palestine and was summoning writers advocating improved relations

A Fatwa against Terrorism that might work

There is nothing new in Qadri's tome and that is a good thing. He is not advancing new interpretations of Islamic sources, nor is he trying to reinvent the wheel.

Drafted work condition law protested by Egyptian Doctors

Activists from the Doctors without Rights (DWR) movement met with the head of the Egyptian Doctors Syndicate on Tuesday to discuss a new draft law aimed at regulating the medical

Egypt’s Opposition calls for constitutional reform

Dr Mohamed Badie, chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood movement is scheduled to meet on Thursday with group leaders including Seif el-Islam Hassan el-Banna, son of group founder Hassan el-Banna to

Islamic website staff hold Cairo sit-in

300 reporters for Islam Online accuse Qatari management of seeking editorial control.

Necons side with Israel against Obama

In a phrase that the neocons used in the 1980s to demonize Americans who criticized Ronald Reagan’s bloody policies in Central America, it could be said that the Washington Post’s