VIEW: The Domestic Wars of Hosni Mubarak

A domestic war with the Egyptian Bedouins of Sinai broke out two years ago. Alienated young Bedouins apparently decided to rebel against their treatment as third-class citizens. All around them,

Nine Muslim Brotherhood Members Arrested in Cairo

Egyptian state security police arrested nine prominent members of the Muslim Brotherhood during a routine meeting at the Center for Research and Development in Cairo.

Doubtful results

Last week’s Chambers of Commerce elections in Alexandria reflected official prejudice against the Muslim Brotherhood, reports Pierre Loza Elections took place last week for the 105 board seats of the

Haditha Massacre: Iraqi PM condemns US violence

The growing evidence of US war crimes in Iraq means the country faces weeks and months of distressing revelations and shaming court cases that could turn public opinion more decisively

What Is the Mission?

President Bush teared up on Memorial Day and said we must complete the mission in Iraq to honor the 18,000 wounded and 2,400-plus dead. Well, I have a question. What

Muslim Brotherhood Statement on Border Incident & Olmert Visit

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt issued today a statement in the aftermath of the border incident, which took place at the Egyptian Israeli border yesterday, June 2, 2006, in which

Ikhwan MPs’ Vision on Constitutional Reform in Egypt

General Outlines -Broadening the scope of participation of the government in the executive authority in line with that of the president .                                 -Imposing restrictions on the pres

The Economic Policy of Egypt’s MB, Fighting Corruption as an Economic Panacea?

The Muslim Brothers consider the free market economy and the fight against corruption to be the remedy that will cure all of Egypt’s economic ills. Nevertheless, they have not as

The Blogger Scene in Egypt

If you want to know where the next demonstration will be held for the Egyptian civil rights movement, you need only log onto one of the many local political blogs.

Democractic Governance And Separation of Religion & Politics

Theoreticians of democracy have insisted that without secularization of the political space there can be no democracy. Recent history of reformation in the Muslim world has insisted on the inseparability