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Egypt’s ‘Ikhwan’ face hard containment

There are no specific indicators to denote how Egypt perceives the controversy involving Hamas and the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood. Lessons, however, must be derived from this controversy, particularly insofar as

Doctors, Brotherhood and ongoing struggle

Aboul Fotouh, the Secretary-General of the Arab Doctors Union, has been in government detention since late June, and is being charged with attempting to create a “global network of extremism”

Per Bjorklund: dealing with exile

“Welcome to my exile.” With those words trade union activist Mohammed al-Attar greeted me when I went to see him in Alexandria a few months ago.

World has 1.57 billion Muslims

The world's 1.57 billion Muslims make up nearly a quarter of the global population, with most of them clustered in countries in Asia, a study published Thursday showed.

Mapping the Global Muslim Population

A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 1.57 billion Muslims of all ages living in the world today, representing 23% of an estimated 2009

Monofeya’s Muslim Brotherhood’s movements face arrests.

State security forces in Monofeya arrested 8 members of the Muslim Brotherhood who were visiting Eng. Mohamed Almahdy on October 6.

Workshop in Cairo discusses Al-qaeda’s future.

Political guests and researchers convened in Cairo to discuss the Al-Qaeda Movement on September 30. The seminar was attended by a number of researchers interested in studying the Islamic movements

9 MBs from Beheira released and 3 others detained

State Security Services released 9 members of the Brotherhood from Al-Beheira free from the Cairo Criminal Court in 27, 29 September respectively who were detained in the renowned case known

The Young Brotherhood in Search of a New Path

Today, eighty one years since its creation, the Muslim Brotherhood is no longer a youth-focused organization simply, but a movement that spans across several generations.

What if Gamal becomes president?

There is a general feeling in Egypt that the plan to groom Gamal Mubarak to succeed his father as the next president has virtually entered the stage of implementation rather