The Salafists: the Latest in Islamist Politics

The Salafists are the most recent converts to Islamist political involvement. Some of them are even entering candidates for elections and considering voting, a political position for which they used

Delegation of Neturei Karta visits Jerusalemite MPs tent

The Jewish group the Neturei Karta has declared solidarity with the Jerusalemite MPs threatened with deportation from their holy city.

Beyond Islamists

This nagging issue just will not go away: How do local or foreign governments best deal with leading Islamist groups in the Middle East and South Asia? Do you engage,

Muslim Brotherhood Launches Alternative Facebook

Knowledge “IkhwanFacebook” or "BrotherhoodFacebook" is the name of a new competitor to the popular social networking website Facebook, designed and managed by Egypt’s powerful Islamist opposition movement the Muslim Brotherhood.

MB MP denounces Israel ‘s decision to deport Palestinian MP’s

The Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary bloc denounced the Israeli decision to deport MPs from the Palestinian Legislative Council from the occupied Jerusalem .

Israel’s military attack behind stars snubbing film festival

Hollywood actors and high profile names including Prince Albert of Monaco, son of legendary actress Grace Kelly, Meg Ryan, and Jewish actor Dustin Hoffman backed out of attending this year’s

Virtual Brotherhood

The National's Matt Bradley has a story on the Muslim Brotherhood's Facebook clone:

Security arrests 20 protestors from Khaled Saeed Facebook group in Cairo

Security forces in Cairo arrested 20 members of the Facebook group "We are all Khaled Saeed" as they were organizing a silent march in Cairo .

Muslims: The threat from within

Contrary to the relatively recent but widespread fiction, Islam took roots and spread in much of South Asia not at gunpoint.

How to Defeat al Qaeda? Meet Development Goals

When it comes to missions abroad, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the regional al Qaeda franchise headquartered in Yemen, has the distinction of being almost devastatingly successful, says Alistair