Egypt: 26 MB Members Receive Extension of Detention

The State Security Prosecution on Tuesday September 19, 2006, ordered another 15-day extension of detention to 26 Muslim Brotherhood members in what the Prosecution names as the Ras el Bar

Mubarak’s Son Proposes Nuclear Program

Gamal Mubarak, the son of Egypt’s president, proposed Tuesday that his country pursue nuclear energy, drawing strong applause from the nation’s political elite, while raising expectations that Mr. Mubarak is

Habib: NDP Conference Consolidates Inheritance Of Power

In a televised statement aired by Jazeerah Satellite Television, MB First Deputy Chairman Dr. Mohamed Habib said that the fourth annual Conference now held by the ruling National Democratic Party,

Return to the dark ages

The Pope’s response to the anger his statements sparked in the Muslim world was more offensive than the statements themselves. He apologised not for what he said, but for Muslims’

Court Rejects Appeal of MB Detainees, Upholds Detention

Cairo Criminal Court on Monday September 18, 2006, rejected an appeal lodged by MB leaderships Dr. Mohamed Morsy and Dr. Essam Al-Erian who challenged a court ruling extending their detention

IPA throws 4 Palestinian female prisoners in isolation, transfers others

The Israeli prisons authority (IPA) moved 16 Palestinian female prisoners from Talmund jail to Ramle prison and threw four others in solitary confinement after allegedly discovering a tunnel that was

Tamimi affirms: Assaults on churches violate Islamic teachings

Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi, the chief Islamic judge in Palestine, on Monday rejected assaults on churches of various sects in Palestine and the Islamic world as contrary to Islamic teachings. Tamimi

We cannot afford to maintain these ancient prejudices against Islam

The Pope’s remarks were dangerous, and will convince many more Muslims that the west is incurably Islamophobic In the 12th century, Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny, initiated a dialogue

An insufficient apology

When Pope Benedict recently delivered a lecture and managed to find the time and space to take a swipe at Islam, the Prophet Mohammed and effectively every Muslim, he must