The prospects for democracy in Muslim states are threatened less by internal forces today than by the outside powers which demand that it should be no more than an instrument

Dr. Mohamed Habib, Deputy Chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood denied any ongoing mediation with Gamal Mubarak, President Mubarak’s eldest son, or any figures in the regime concerning succession of power.”

 The inauguration of a new Palestinian Cabinet, formed by the Islamic militant group Hamas, has inspired fresh debate over the Bush administration’s drive for democracy in the Middle East. Hamas’

Just months ago, under intense international pressure to ease its stranglehold on neighboring Lebanon, the Syrian government was talking about ending the ruling Baath Party’s grip on Syrian power and

Suffice it to say that I knew the backlash had begun, and it was to rage with increasing ferocity. I look back now and wonder if I had seen it

 I never thought I’d ever spend a birthday in a Sushi restaurant in Cairo. On the evening in question, my producer Schams Elwazer surprised me with a chocolate cake. My

SCOUNDREL TIME Every day the Seattle Times runs a few inches slugged "Terrorism Digest." Aside from the usual shorts on Moussaoui, a rumored attack during March Madness, and an elderly

Despite the Egyptian regime’s continuous media blackout on the activities of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) deputies in parliament, some reports described the activities of those deputies as “irritating performance but without

The Parliamentary Bloc of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) denounces the insistence of the security apparatus on terrorizing innocent people and on using the emergency law against honest Egyptian citizens, through

Dr. Abdul-Moneim Abul-Fotouh, member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Office, the top executive body of the MB, affirmed that the campaign of detentions is a continuation of the Egyptian regime’s