IAF Statement Over Attitude towards arming Tribes, Militant Groups

Throughout the past four years, our beloved country has been suffering from hideous terrorist crimes committed against Iraqi people. This terrorism, coming from across borders, lost momentum only after Iraqi

Separating Islam from Political Islam:The Case of Morocco

THE BLENDING OF PROSELYTIZING WITH POLITICS comprises one of the foremost dilemmas facing Islamist movements throughout the world.

Egyptian Opposition Paper Editor Stands Trial for Article on Mubarak’s Failing Health

In Egypt, the President is God, and gods are never ill. That is why President Mubarak, his associates, and his hypocrite [cronies] are concealing the fact of his illness, ...

Sukant Chandan: Secularism and Islamism in the Arab World

Many of the original Fatah leadership belonged to the movement to which Hamas is the ‘Palestinian branch’: the Muslim Brotherhood.

US criticizes Egypt for alleged rights violations

The Bush administration expressed concern Monday about recent "setbacks on press freedom and civil society" in Egypt. Commenting on a recent Egyptian government order mandating the closure of the Association

MB Leader Abul Fattouh Afifi Released for Health Reasons

Abul Fattouh Afifi, a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leader and chairman of the MB administrative office in Monofiya, has been released on Tuesday for health reasons and after his release decision

Freer markets but unfree minds in Egypt

I do not know why a police- and army-dominated modern Arab security state can achieve brisk economic reforms, high growth rates, and massive job expansion in a manner that other

Julien Salingue interview: Rebuilding Palestinian Resistance and Solidarity

It is true that the solidarity movement is not going very well. This crisis has its roots in past developments and, in my view, it has been produced by two

Hamas is the Key

Hamas is a bulwark in the face of radical and militant ideas and trends. Policies whose aim is the isolation or marginalization of Hamas will not only fail but will

A welcome Islamism

Since Mr Abdullah Gul became president of Turkey last month, talk of rising Islamism (which has become synonymous with obscurantism of late) in Turkey has dominated many think tanks,