Security Forces Arrest 16 April 6 Activists

Security forces arrested 16 activists who belong to April 6 movement on Wednesday evening in Alexandria from Abu Haif beach at Alexandria’s Miami district.

Report: Israel committed more than 51 violations since the truce started

GAZA, (PIC)-- Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, stated Thursday that the IOF troops had committed more than 51 violations and 400 military assaults, and kidnapped

Mass Arrests of Internet Activists in Egypt Yesterday and Abduction of Ahmed Maher in Alexandria

Egyptian security Agencies arrested 14 young Internet activists yesterday, said the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information. The group of activists are known as the “6th of April Youth.”

Statement on International Campaign Against Sudan and Its President

The secretariat-general of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) received with deep concern the call of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor for an arrest warrant against the Sudanese

The West and the Islamists

It seems the decision-makers in the United States and Europe began to realize the political role of Islamic movements in the Arab world and its impact on Western interests.

POMED Notes: Islamist Parties and Democracy

Yesterday, the International Forum for Democratic Studies and the National Endowment for Democracy invited Hillel Fradkin, Amr Hamzawy, Laith Kubba, and Tamara Cofman Wittes to assess the rise of Islamist

Palestinians see Obama as agent of change

JERUSALEM -- With Barack Obama touring the Middle East and leading in the polls ahead of the U.S. presidential election this fall, many Palestinians are beginning to hope that the

Turkey’s Turmoil

Turkey’s political crisis has taken a turn for the worse. The chief prosecutor, who has accused the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of anti-secular statements and actions, has presented

Is Turkey’s Justice and Development Party a future model for the Arab world?

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is now engaged in a political struggle with the country’s secular establishment, and the outcome is unclear. Western governments had hoped the party’s leaders

Ex-Advisers Warn Against Threatening to Attack Iran

The Bush administration should stop talking about a military attack as an option if negotiations do not immediately halt Iran’s uranium reprocessing program, two former national security advisers said yesterday.