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Egypt’s MB Plan to Close Budget Gap with Sukuk

Ashraf Badr el Din, a member of the MB committee that wrote the party’s economic platform, argued that a high percentage of the Egyptian people have reservations about charging interest

Coptic Intellect: MB Wants Civil State Which Offers Copts their Rights, Freedom and Justice

A campaign to discredit the moderate visions of the MB began in Egypt after the curtailment of the statement made by Dr Mahmoud Ezzat, deputy chairman of the MB on

Religion in the Wake of the Revolution

Religion has always played an important role in Egypt and notably, when Mubarak stepped down, Islamists reemerged in the political arena.

The Muslim Brotherhood After Mubarak

Portraying the Muslim Brotherhood as eager and able to seize power and impose its version of sharia on an unwilling citizenry is a caricature that exaggerates certain features of the

MB, Kefaya, Copts Put an Initiative for Police Patrols’ Return to the Streets

Dr. Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh, a senior Muslim Brotherhood figure; Dr. Samir Eleish, Kefaya Movement and Dr. Sherif Doss, Coptic intellectual have unanimously offered a suggestion to the Prime Minister

Experts: A change of heart among the Salafists in the aftermath of January 25

Salafists in numerous governorates in Egypt held conferences after the success of the January 25 revolution and chanted slogans like "Egypt is an Islamic state, not a civilian one”, referring

Democracy supporters should not fear the Muslim Brotherhood

Like Egyptians from all walks of life, we in the Muslim Brotherhood are taking part in the popular uprising to depose a repressive dictator. The overwhelming majority of Egyptians demand

When reporting becomes activism

Egypt’s regulations and restrictions on press and reporters go as far as mandating prison sentences clearly violating the international standards of freedom of speech.

Not Just Islamophobia

Dubbed an ‘anti-Muslim bigot’ Frank Gaffney alleges that the Muslim Brotherhood is running an influence operation in Washington, D.C. by accusing Muslim Republican Suhail Khan – about whom Gaffney has

Brotherhood fights for more seats

He was one of 88 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s strongest-yet-banned opposition force, who won seats in the 2005 parliamentary elections.