A Statement by the MB Parliamentary Bloc On The Assassination of Bhutto

The MB Parliamentary Bloc in the Egyptian People’s Assembly received the assassination of Ex-Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi last Thursday with extreme depression and concern, pursuing the consequences of

Graft Cited in Deadly Egypt Collapse

Shoddy materials, illegal construction and a culture of corruption were blamed Saturday for the deaths of more than three dozen people buried when a 12-story apartment building crumbled to the

4 Egyptian MB Dar Al-Ulum Students Dismissed

Dr. Mohamed Abdul Magid Al Tawil, the dean of Dar Al-Ulum faculty-Cairo University dismissed four Muslim Brotherhood (MB) students for a month, denied a fifth student access to a semester

Reuters World News Highlights 1410 GMT Dec 29

Benazir Bhutto’s party challenged official versions of the opposition leader’s assassination and accused Pakistan’s government on Saturday of trying to cover up failures just days before planned elections. Fresh violence

Muslim Brotherhood in Syria Lashes out at Damascus Declaration Arrests

The Muslim Brotherhood group in Syria criticized the campaign of arrests launched by the Syrian regime against some leaders at the Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change.

Egypt probe into Sudan refugee deaths ’absurd’

RIGHTS groups have slammed the "absurd" exoneration of Egyptian police in the killing of 27 Sudanese refugees in Cairo, calling on the second anniversary of the deaths for a new

Islamo-Fascist or Neocon-Fascist?

Our current foreign policy in the Middle East supposedly dates from after 9/11, 2001 but the truth is that our actions since the Twin Towers fell coincide perfectly with the

Democracy sidetracked again

Yesterday’s murder of Pakistani opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto brings U.S. policy on Pakistan back into the spotlight. Having just returned from Pakistan last week, I can’t

Looking backward, looking forward

At the threshold of a new year Egypt seems to be straddling two eras: that of a now decrepit political order, the life expectancy of which ended years ago but

A tragedy born of military despotism and anarchy

Even those of us sharply critical of Benazir Bhutto’s behaviour and policies - both while she was in office and more recently - are stunned and angered by her death.