Jordanian IAF Christian Member Resigns Over Pressures

The only Christian leading member in the Jordanian Islamic Action Front resigns after reportedly facing Christian pressures. Only one week after electing him as a leader in an administrative body inside

Khairat Al Shater I Didn’t Meet

I haven’t met Eng. Khairat Al Shater, the second deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood group, or the prominent leader, Dr. Essam El-Erian. I haven’t had the honour of getting

Dakahlia Police Drowns Young Man in The Nile River

Several policemen mercilessly beat Ezzat Bashandi Abou Ali (30 years), pushing him in the Nile river and watched him struggling in the water till he died without doing anything to

Behind the Sunni-Shi’ite Divide

It has come to this: the hatred between Iraq’s warring sects is now so toxic, it contaminates even the memory of a shining moment of goodwill. On Aug. 31, 2005,

The ’New Middle East’ Bush Is Resisting

President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may be quite right about a new Middle East being born. In fact, their policies in support of the actions of their

Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the Middle East: With friends like these

“The East is to-day the place of change - of changes so great and swift that in comparison with it our Europe is standing still. We have been much engaged

Interview with Faisal Mawlawi Of Lebanon’s Islamic Group

Lebanon is currently witnessing many crises, particularly the ongoing crisis between the opposition groups and the Lebanese government around the issue of the international court, the obstructing third and the

Statement by MB Leaders Referred to Military Tribunal

We are a group of university professors, businessmen and professionals who have been jailed pending investigations in the case No. 963 which was transferred to a military tribunal by the

Interview with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

Hamza Yusuf was born in Washington State and grew up in Northern California, where he lives with his wife and five children. He converted to Islam in 1977 and spent

Egypt: Wildcat strikes and protests continue

Strikes and protests by Egyptian workers in several industries have continued for several weeks. The strike movement began at several textile plants in December, before spreading along the belt of