Second Anniversary of Egypt’s Reform Leaders Behind Bars

December 14 of this year is the second anniversary of arresting 40 Muslim Brotherhood leaders of the Egyptian national reform movement.

MB Welcomes Election of First Woman Mayor in Egypt

Muslim Brotherhood Executive Bureau member Dr. Osama Nasr welcomed the election of a woman as the mayor of an Upper-Egypt village on Sunday.

Judges Speech to EU Parliament Delegation

The following is Ikhwanweb’s translation of the speech delivered by Judge Zakaria Abdel Aziz on behalf of Egypt’s Judges Club in the event of a visit by an EU Parliament

Swiss human chain delivers protest note to Egyptian embassy over Rafah closure

Anwar Al-Gharbi, the chairman of Rights For All society in Switzerland, said in a press release on Saturday that the human chain started from the Place de la Monnaie –

Nassif: Ballot boxes to show that Hamas is still popular

He underlined that PA chief Mahmoud Abbas’s term in office expires on 9th January 2009 and hence presidential elections should be held accordingly, but, he noted, legislative elections are due

IOF troops round up 14 Palestinians in a single village

The town of 2,000 inhabitants is located near to the separation wall that has eaten up most of its lands and is adjacent to the Salem army camp, which makes

Judges Club Elections Decisive Battle for Independent Judiciary

Chancellor Mahmoud Al Khudairi a forerunner of Egyptian judicial independence movement and Vice-President of the Court of Cassation said in statements to Ikhwanweb that the next Judges Club elections, scheduled

April 6 Movement Threatens to Internationalize Detainees Cases

The coordinator of April 6 youth movement Ahmed Maher threatened in statements to Ikhwanweb to "internationalize" the cases of April 6 detainees after two of the movement’s founders were arrested:

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

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