Examining the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood at NORTHCOM

Last week I was invited to Colorado Springs, Colorado to deliver a lecture on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt at the USNORTHCOM headquarters located on Peterson Air Force Base. My

America’s Future Ally

For the past two months, I’ve been traveling around the Middle East for this paper, looking for trends, and it’s no wonder why I haven’t written anything throughout that time

AMS open letter to resistance

The Association of Muslim Scholars, one of the most influential Sunni organizations in Iraq, has just released an unprecedented open letter to the "resistance". According to the Al-Haq Agency, this

Gov’t Strikes off MB Candidates from Tanta Sports Club Elections

Egyptian security stroke off four Muslim Brotherhood (MB) candidate s in Tanta sports club elections held on Friday Sep, 7th, 2007 , at the Tanta-based club, although the MB group’s

Ben White: Dying to Live

The Palestinian trade deficit stands at 73 percent of GDP, and 65 percent of this is owed to Israel, meaning that for every one dollar produced, 50 cents must go

Jordan: IAF Launches Political Reform Initiative

The Islamic Action Front (IAF) Party has prepared a national draft initiative aiming to get out of the current political crisis in Jordan, said IAF first deputy Secretary-General Rahil Al

Open the Gates of Ijtihad

The solution to the turmoil gripping Muslim society today may be found in reintroducing ijtihad. Re-opening the gates of ijtihad will allow Muslims "to reinterpret Islam for the 21st century,"

Democracy can make democrats

The main question that lies in the debate about Islamic parties and democracy in Indonesia is whether Islamic parties, with their seemingly minimal commitment to democracy, can contribute to the

Egypt Renews Crackdown on Islamic Opposition

The Egyptian government has renewed a crackdown on suspected members and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the banned Islamic organization that has long been the main opposition movement in the

Islamic party courts election victory in moderate Morocco

The Islamic party dominating Morocco’s electoral season has many faces _ among them bareheaded young women in jeans, marketing students preaching the gospel of global markets and legions of poor