A prominent Iraqi opposition figure has called on the “Iraqi resistance” to agree on a common political vision for the future of Iraq. Salih al-Mutlak, member of parliament and head

17 students from Al Fayyum university, west of Cairo, were dismissed after they organized a large Islamic artistic party that drew more than 1000 students on Tuesday April, 17, 2007

The Muslim Brotherhood group denied there is a reported deal with the regime concerning its running the Shura Council elections. The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt denied press reports that there is

In a new article, John Esposito, no doubt one of the world’s foremost experts on political Islam, tries to explain the roots of anger in the Islamic world, but also

Much of the debate surrounding Egypt’s constitutional amendments has focused on individual articles, largely obscuring the rationale behind them: achieving a greater balance of power between the executive and legislative

Abdel Monem Mahmoud is the latest victim of the Egyptian police state. A blogger, journalist, activist, who also happens to be a member of the Muslim Brotherhood,

We rallied to the cause when Egyptian blogger Kareem was imprisoned, now the police state that is Egypt has detained yet another blogger, Abdel Monem Mahmoud. Except in his case,

Anyone who believes that U.S. President George Bush is succeeding in Iraq can believe that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is undertaking reform in Egypt; but neither is happening in reality. 

ON SATURDAY, April 7, ending a seven-day visit to Israel, I finally got an interview I had sought for a year. I sat down in a Palestinian National Authority office

My journey to Islam was not the usual one. Most white converts I have met usually come from a liberal and very open-minded background. My upbringing was far from this.