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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood split

Brotherhood members take part in a demonstration in Cairo last year. Its growing influence worries the government A senior leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has acknowledged that government repression has

Egyptian Blogger Beaten

During the mayhem of a major soccer match, Egyptian blogger Kareem el-Shae’r was kidnapped and beaten.

8 re-arrests and 8 releases for Dakahleya’s MB’s.

In a new series of defiance the Ministry of Interior decided on ignoring court orders to release 8 members of the Muslim Brotherhood from Dakahleya. Detainees were transferred to the

Moderate Arab Islamists struggle to steer a democratic course

For much of its 80-year history, the Muslim Brotherhood's very name symbolized promotion of a violent, anti-western movement bent on strict imposition of Islamic law. Much of the first generation

Renewal of detention of Abdel-Ghaffar and leading MB member in Alexandria

The Supreme State Security for the 9th consecutive time, renewed the detention for a further 15 days of Dr. Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar, vice Secretary -General of the Medical Association and

The ruling NDP demands the confiscating of Brotherhood’s property and the arrest of Akef.

Leaders of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) continued to escalate aggressive attacks against the Muslim Brotherhood Movement. Mohamed Abdel Fattah Omar, Under Secretary of Defense and National Security Committee

Cessation Court reviews military tribunal detainees’ appeals

Hearing will be resumed Tuesday November 3, of the appeals filed by Eng. Khayrat el-Shater and his companions who are currently serving harsh sentences. The vice-deputy chairman of the Muslim

Crackdown on university students continues.

The clampdown series on the Muslim Brotherhood students continues with the referral of 11 Azharstudents from the committee "students' movement against electoral rigging" for interrogation.

In Egypt, succession worries prompting crackdown?

Egypt's long-ruling National Democratic Party opens its annual conference Friday, and party leaders are working hard to quell speculation about President Hosni Mubarak's intentions — and whether the way is

Powerful Islamic movement sees leadership struggle

The Middle East's most powerful Islamic political movement is undergoing a leadership struggle as young, more moderate activists try to push the Muslim Brotherhood to soften its fundamentalist ideology and