Ikhwanweb News Digest 13-04-09

Egypt is interrogating 49 people for allegedly belonging to the Lebanese Shi’ite Hezbollah organization and for funding and supporting Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Egypt has accused the 49 suspects

El-Katatny In Beirut Discusses Post-Islamist Political Participation

Dr. Mohamed Sa’d El-Katatny, head of the MB parliamentary bloc in Egypt, participated in the Cargenie-organized conference in Beirut, Lebanon titled: “Post-Islamist Political Participation,” throughout April 10-11

Violations Against Fayoum students

The families of the ten detained students from Fayoum University stressed that their children had been exposed to different forms of restrictions, intransigence and abuse as they were transferred from

Will You Be Angry? In Egypt, April 6 Falls Short of Hopes, Expectations

We welcome this guest post on the April 6 movement in Egypt by Chris Assaad, POMED’s Research Associate for Egypt and editor of our Egypt Country Page.

Khalid Mishal on Hamas’ Growing Recognition

Paul McGeough has an interesting op-ed in the New York Times addressing the recent uptick in foreign delegation visits to Hamas’ Khalid Mishal. In an interview, Mishal stressed that despite

Islamist Govts Not the Enemy, Say Mideast Experts

Scores of Middle East and democracy experts released an open letter to U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday asking him to focus more of his foreign policy efforts at making reforms

Sultani to Ikhwanweb: Ending Islamists-Regime Clash Through Expanding Margin of Agreement, Dialogue

The Algeria ’s Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP) is a unique example in its relation with the regime. MSP is one of a few Islamic movements that managed

Morsy: Obama’s Message to the Muslim World a Talk about Unknown Future

Dr. Mohammed Morsy, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Executive Office, was skeptical about the statements that US president Barack Obama addressed to the Muslim world from Turkey .

Gov’t committee calls on Arab foreign ministers to work on ending Gaza suffering

The government committee to break the siege called on the Arab foreign ministers who met Saturday in Jordan to work strenuously to carry out urgent relief programs in the Gaza

New Report on Revitalizing U.S. Democracy Promotion

Maria Figueroa Küpçü and Michael Cohen have just published a new report for the New America Foundation titled “Revitalizing U.S. Democracy Promotion: A Comprehensive Plan for Reform.” This analysis is