Turkish military rules but not governs, says expert

While the European Union reform process has anchored Turkish reform and constrained the military, as popular support for EU membership in Turkey declines, the military has greater room for political

Ain Shams MB Students Acquitted of Riot Allegations

An Egyptian court acquitted 8 university MB students from riot charges. Cairo-based- Al-Waily Criminal Court acquitted yesterday 8 Ain Shams University students belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood group charged of assaulting

18 Candidates Manage to Register For Shura Council Elections

Despite widespread intimidations by government officials to prevent candidates affiliated with the MB from registering for the upcoming Shura Council elections, 18 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) managed to

11 Beni Suweif MBs Detained

In their first reaction towards nominating Gaber Mansour to run for the Shura Council elections for Beni Suweif constituency, the security forces arrested eleven of his supporters while hanging election

12 Sharqiya MBs From Sharqiya Detained

The State Security Police detained 12 Muslim Brotherhood members on Saturday May, 19, 2007, from the village of Al Asadiya, Sharqiya, while attending a course for producing shampoo . The security

Egypt: Government Continues To Bully MB Candidates

Throughout the country, government security police and undercover agents have began  a sweeping campaign of arrests and intimidations against MB candidates running for the upcoming Shura Council elections (Egypt’s Upper House)

Six Questions for Marc Lynch on Iraq, the “Surge,” and Al Qaeda

Marc Lynch is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at George Washington University and the Elliott School of International Affairs. He is the author of Voices of

Jihad and human rights

Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, Americans have strived to put together some understanding of why it happened and how to prevent it from happening again. While doing this

Police Detain Brotherhood Members In Sharqiya

Egyptian police have detained 14 leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Nile Delta province of Sharkia.   Egyptian police have detained 14 leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood

I decided to murder an Arab

Earlier this week, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that a French Jewish man, a recent immigrant to Israel and who recently became religious, confessed to the murder of a 35-year-old Arab