Unfortunately, he at no point explains why engaging with the Brotherhood and other mainstream Islamist parties is a bad idea. I lay the case for engagement not only in the

On the night of arresting Al-Qassas, I escaped from my house because my fate is tied to his. However, " It’s no problem to be in jail as long as

The latest crackdown by the Egyptian state on the Muslim Brotherhood began after a student demonstration at Cairo’s al-Azhar University. Dressed in black, their faces covered with matching hoods whose

On Democracy Arsenal, POMED’s Shadi Hamid answers NRO writer Stanley Kurtz in their recent exchange (links on Hamid’s post) over whether the U.S. should engage political Islam. Hamid challenges Kurtz

In a measure considered as a new encroachment to the supremacy of Egyptian judicial authority, the Egyptian Interior Ministry has declined executing the i

There is an excellent discussion developing in How to Make Islam and Separation of Mosque/State Compatible. Do get involved.

One of the more interesting — and quiet — visits to Washington was made recently by Sunni parliamentary leader Mohammed al-Dayni, who visited Capitol Hill during May to meet with

Six Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated men were arrested without charge by state security on July 18th and three have completely disappeared, according to Brotherhood MP Hamdy Hassan. Nobody has been able to

Reporters Without Borders called today for the release of Farshad Gorbanpour, who was arrested yesterday along with fellow journalist Masoud Bastani on the orders of Tehran prosecutor Said Mortazavi. Bastani

In a move supposedly intended to counter Iranian influence, the US has announced a series of arms deals with Middle Eastern countries.