Al-Shater’s 7-minute Military session Adjourned till Dec, 16th

The Military court session held on Tuesday Dec, 11th, 2007, trying 40 Muslim Brotherhood leaders topped by Khairat Al Shater, was wrapped up very quickly and the military judge adjourned

Lawyers’ Demonstration Show Solidarity with Journalists, Call for Liberation of Egyptian Minds

Tens of Muslim Brotherhood lawyers lashed out at "illegal and oppressive tortures and detentions" committed by the Egyptian regime against innocent people. They demanded releasing political detainees and called for

Pakistan’s parties now prefer polls

KARACHI - With general elections barely a month away, Pakistan’s major political parties have decided not to boycott the polls and take their chances in a situation where the media

Muslim Brotherhood Deputy Chairman Khayrat El Shater will make his first public appearance in 10

El Shater is currently standing before a military tribunal along with 39 Brotherhood members and leaders, facing charges of money laundry, and leading and financing an outlawed organization.

Moderate Islamists and peaceful democracy

It has become widely acknowledged that political exclusion and oppression fosters extremism, whereas democratic participation encourages moderation and compromise.

Facing Hamas and Hezbollah

Hamas and Hezbollah have both been on the State Department’s list of terrorist organizations for many years

25 student members of the Muslim Brotherhood arrested in Egypt

At least 25 students have been arrested by the Egyptian go vernment for ’belonging’ to an outlawed muslim group, marking the resumption of t he government’s crackdown on members of

End of the MB Blogging Spring?

Despite Mahmoud’s current pessimism, I still think that this is possible down the road - if these creative and energetic youth activists can find ways to reassure their elders that

Popular Dictators: Who Could Pass the Democratic Test?

Some call Putin a dictator, yet few deny that he would win a fair election. If you look around the world, how many bona fide dictators could say the same?

Jihad revisions

Before Al-Qaeda’s chief theorist, Imam Abdul- Aziz Al-Marouf, publicised the ideological revisions drafted by the founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Sayed Imam El-Sherif (Dr Fadl), and since the Egyptian