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Islamists want democracy

According to Marc Lynch in The National, moderate Islamist movements‘ attempts to participate in democratic processes throughout the Arab world have been stemmed by secular authoritarian regimes

The Case of Nick Griffin and the BBC

We need Nick Griffin to save us from looking in the mirror. It is us the collective that is complicit in genocidal crimes and institutional intolerance. We are implicated in

Haniyeh welcomes US shift, says willing to talk

There is nothing wrong with talking to the United States, de facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told American delegates on a medical mission in Gaza on Wednesday.

Arrest warrant for five students from the Faculty of Engineering in Zaqaziq

In a challenge to the Prosecution’s decision to release the five students from the Faculty of Engineering, Zaqaziq University, and the Ministry of Interior issued an arrest warrant of the

Daughter of detained MB prisoner speaks out

CAIRO: The daughter of Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar, one of the detainees in the “international network of the Muslim Brotherhood” has spoke with Bikya Masr, detailing her father’s continued imprisonment in

Spoilt ballots

Moderate Islamist movements across the Arab world have made a decisive turn towards participation in democratic politics over the last 20 years. They have developed an elaborate ideological justification for

Interference continues with MB students eliminated from Student Body electoral rolls of Cairo and Mansoura

Rigging of the student body elections continue with more than 40 Muslim Brotherhood students at Cairo University noticing that their names were not included in the final lists for the

Despite struggles, Brotherhood searching for new leader

Most analysts are hopeful that Akef’s successor will continue the strong hostility toward Al Qaeda style jihad activities and a commitment to the political process, which the Brotherhood has already

Lord David Owen talks democracy, intervention

British politician Lord David Owen spoke to a group of Egyptian journalists on Tuesday on the twin subjects of democracy and humanitarian intervention as part of a two-day workshop organized

Obama’s Nobel

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced today that it's awarding the 2009 Nobel peace prize to Barack Obama.