Monday, October 6, 2008, Panel discussion about RELIGION AND STATE

What is the range of relationships between religion and state in the contemporary Middle East? Are religiously motivated citizens able to effectively advocate and lobby for policies they prefer? Are

Revolutions Without Revolutionaries? Network Theory, Facebook, and the Egyptian Blogosphere

The amazing thing is that much of this activity can be traced directly or indirectly to actions taken on the Internet – and also that it was facilitated greatly by

A new direction or more of the same?

The original incident for which the two police officers were ultimately convicted occurred in January 2006 when 21-year-old ‘Imad al-Kabir, a Cairo minibus driver, intervened in a fight between his

In Defense of Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi

I don’t usually write on religious matters, especially Sunni-Shia affairs. However, I do believe that a clear and unmistakable message should be sent to the Shiite circles in Iran and

A prisoner dies under torture in Jericho prison on the eve of Eid

The death of Shahin has resulted in angry reactions in the town of his birth as citizens were angered and shocked at his death on the eve of the Muslim

MB MP Requests Probe Into National Theater Blaze

Menoufia Representative Abd El-Fattah Eid (Member of the MB parliamentary bloc) requested an investigation into the causes of the National Theater fire incident in Cairo and holding those who were

Analysis: Trouble in Middle East forecast

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Chances are the situation in the Middle East is going to get much worse before it gets any better. With the Bush administration, now in

Counter-Terrorism Article Index

Western diplomatic and media pressure on Islamic scholars in the Moslem world, and in the West, is having a serious impact on the popularity of Islamic terrorists in their own

Largest crackdown on MB this Ramadan

CAIRO: This Ramadan saw the most severe crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, with the arrests of over 145 of its members, the group’s lawyer Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud told Daily News

Arab democracy needs ‘Islamist revision’

Muslim societies typically divide into three broad blocs, suggests Bret Stephens: a “pre-modern” element of tribesmen, peasants, nomads, and the like; a “modern” element - the Arab Center - the