Egypt: Scholars Say Unity of Muslim Nation Takes Priority

A seminar on Shiites and Sunnis in Egypt was held at the Journalists Union on September 6, 2006, where a host of scholars and Islamic thinkers participated. The seminar was

The Danger and Promise of Democracy Promotion

I’ve been getting some interesting responses to my American Prospect essays (1,

Egypt: a social and political tinderbox

Last week’s collision between two trains on a busy route packed with workers travelling into Cairo for work from the poorer northern outskirts of the city has exposed the social

Transformations Within The Muslim Brotherhood

The Muslim Brotherhood is experiencing a state of transformations which wrenches from the minds the “stillness” state that the researchers and analysts used to observe in the MB. Such transformations can turn

Responding to Spencer Ackerman: Debate Over Democracy

 As mentioned yesterday, The New Republic’s Spencer Ackerman, in a

Akef: Freedom Is A Major Islamic Principle

The German television aired an interview with Muslim Brotherhood Chairman Mohamed Mahdi Akef on September 4, 2006, in which Mr. Chairman explained how Islam puts freedoms ahead of implementing Islamic law (Sharia) in

Is Freedom for Everyone?

DR. KIM R. HOLMES: It is an honor and a privi­lege to introduce the Honorable Natan Sharansky, a member of the Israeli parliament, former Soviet dissi­dent, and stalwart advocate of

NFC Calls On Mubarak to Withdraw From Camp David Treaty

The National Front for Change (NFC) held a press conference at the Press Association on Wednesday September 6, 2006, which was attended by a number of political activits, including Muslim

Interview With Hizbullah Leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrullah

Q: Can we say that the Shiite Hizbullah has come to lead the Arab Sunna in their war with Israel, and how do you evaluate the reaction of the Arab

Bush’s Hezbollah hangover

It is now the long morning after for President George W Bush and his merry band of misguided Middle East grand strategists, who gambled big by letting the Israeli army