Party Leader Says Islamist Trend is Fact in Mauritania, Other Countries

Excerpt from interview with President of the National Rally for Reform and Development in Mauritania Jamil Ould Mansour by Abdallah al-Rashidi.

The US is colluding in the trampling of democracy in Egypt

Democracy in Egypt was dealt another fatal blow over the weekend when a court in Cairo sentenced exiled human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim to two years in prison for

New Media and Persuasion, Mobilization, and Facilitation

There’s a lot of talk about the Internet as a tool to broadcast information. For many groups today, the media is as essential as oxygen, without it they suffocate and

Muslim Brotherhood Denounces Mauritania Coup

The Muslim Brotherhood denounced Wednesday’s military coup in Mauritania in which the President and the Prime Minister have been taken into custody and troops announced the formation of a new

Stop the ’war’ on terror

ARLINGTON, VA. - Military might against Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups isn’t working – and no wonder. After studying the record of 648 terrorist groups between 1968 and 2006,

Jordan: Better Prospects for MB-State Relations

Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has managed to overcome the organizational troubles that continued for the last two years and is about to safely pass through the most difficult juncture throughout

Egypt embarrasses itself again

Topping the list, of course, is the rich irony that it is these very decisions that harm Egypt’s image far more than Saad has ever done. Then there is the

Skepticism in the Arab World: The Base of Conspiracies

Skepticism is often used to validate conspiracy theories by discrediting mainstream beliefs.

Egypt: 341 Victims of Bread Crisis in Six Months

A field study on human rights revealed that 14 citizens were killed and other 190 were injured, and 137 arrested in bread lines in Egypt at the first half of

Abu Baraka Rejects Appointment of MPs at Public Posts

Muslim Brotherhood MP Dr. Ahmed Abu Baraka (member of the Legislative Committee at People’s Assembly) expressed his endorsement of the legal fatwa of the General Assembly of Fatwa and Legislation