CSID EMAIL BULLETIN – December 15, 2006

Dear Friend of CSID: It is my pleasure to send you these testimonies from well known leaders and thinkers (both Muslim and non-Muslim) about

Recent Arrests in Egypt Show Regime’s Failure, Analysts Say

The Egyptian authorities arrested, on Thursday December 14, 2006, several Muslim Brotherhood leaders, among them Khayrat el Shater, the MB Chairman’s second deputy and a host of public figures, including syndicate leaders and university

Telling It Like It Is- Criticism of Israel Is Not Anti-Semitism

Responses to Jimmy Carter’s bestselling book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid have varied between indifference and knee-jerk accusations of anti-semitism. Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Carter said: "For the last

Katatny: Dialogue Between Islamists And The West a Necessity

Over the past several years, the relation between the West and Islamic movements is becoming of vital importance for several reasons. First, the Islamic movements

Kafr Al-Sheikh citizen tortured, threatened with raping wife

An Egyptian citizen has been tortured by police officers and has been threatened that his wife will be raped. With the spread of the phenomenon of torture in Egypt- a

Implacable Adversaries …Arab Gov’ts and the Internet

" Implacable Adversaries " .. under this title, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, issued its second report about the Internet freedom in the Arab world, which was declared

MB Statement on Latest Arrests

While the Egyptian regime claims that it seeks a comprehensive reform that gets the country out of the state of deterioration it is witnessing on all political, social and economic

Mursi Warns Recent Arrests Will Increase Political Tension

Dr. Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood executive Bureau member, warned that the recent detentions may increase the distance between the Egyptian regime and the people.

Muslim Brotherhood Apologizes for ‘Militia’ Demonstration

Muslim Brotherhood students, who dressed in hooded militia garb during a recent demonstration against government crackdowns on political activism, have regretted their actions but fell short of a full apology

Police Arrests Khyrat El Shatter, MB Deputy Chairman

In a serious escalation, police forces in Egypt arrested Khyrat El Shatter, Second Deputy Chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood along with more than 180 students affiliated with the MB at Al Azhar University,