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The US is colluding in the trampling of democracy in Egypt

Democracy in Egypt was dealt another fatal blow over the weekend when a court in Cairo sentenced exiled human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim to two years in prison for "tarnishing" the reputation of his native country. Ibrahim, a sociologist ..

Diplomatic censure from Robert Pelletreau

The lack of knowledgeable and neutral American policy inputs on the Middle East leaves the US in the Middle East these days incredulously enjoying dwindling credibility, impact and respect at the same time, even when it unleashes its armed forces. A smarter approach would benefit from the rich reservoir of knowledge that exists among some of America’s seasoned diplomats who have devoted their entire professional lives to promoting US national interests in the region. ..

Ali El Din Helal criticizes Muslim Brotherhood’s vagueness

“I don’t think their program is realistic, they never tried to merge with the other influential forces. They discuss big goals without explaining their funding sources.” said Helal. ..

Power-inheritance, fatwa and Legitimacy in egypt

I believe that one of the causes of popular anger in Egypt now lies in the fact that the legitimacy of the current regime has eroded over time, whether due to the contractual, rather than compulsory decreasing rate of efficiency in the management of the country or the absence of a historic achievement preserving a degree of legitimacy. What make it worse is the declining living standards in Egypt that have reached a point where people are fighting over bread and the state institutions..

Is the Brotherhood a democratic organization?

The method by which the Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Office elections were held some weeks ago has raised many questions about the mechanisms for running the internal affairs of the group and whether or not there is a genuine democracy within the Muslim Brotherhood. ..

Brotherhood MP says 25 percent of Egyptian legislation “unconstitutional”

CAIRO: “Twenty-five percent of the laws in Egyptian legislation are unconstitutional,” said Member of Parliament Abdel-Aziz Khalaf, who is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. ..

Film chronicles history of Egypt’s judiciary

CAIRO: The Journalists’ Syndicate on Saturday screened a documentary film on the independence of Egypt’s judiciary over the past 50 years, highlighting the events of 2006. ..

Egypt’s liberal autocracy

What term can we use to describe the incumbent Egyptian political regime? Is it a democratic or authoritarian regime, or is it hybrid mix of the two? Indeed, for a quarter of a century the current regime has been closer to autocratic regimes where the ruler enjoys a central status, in a way that makes him manipulate political life...

The New Conservatives in the Arab World

Salafis in Kuwait have won most of the National Assembly seats in the May 17 parliamentary elections. In Jordan the Muslim Brotherhood elected conservative Hammam Saeed as the new leader. He is the first Jordanian of Palestinian origin to hold such a high-profile position since the founding of the group in 1946. ..

Brotherhood deny reports of internal elections next month

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) denied news reports claiming that the group is holding elections in its administrative offices in all governorates next month...

Four days that changed the Middle East

Events in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon continue to move erratically, with simultaneous gestures of political compromise and armed clashes that have left 46 dead in the past week...

Mideast change is coming, and may not be pretty

The convergence of six trends in the Middle East - the changing realities of food, energy, water, population, urbanization and security-dominated politics - is likely to create conditions that will be politically challenging, if not destabilizing, in many countries in the years ahead..

Victory for the April 6 haphazard battle

Haphazardness continues to define the increasing protest action in Egypt nowadays; in the same way government policies continue to fail to solve pressing problems which trigger the anger that leads to protests in the first place...

Dimming the lights on Arab satellites

After years of rhetoric about the need for a pan-Arab satellite television framework, Arab information ministers last February 12 adopted a charter that provides the tools to penalize broadcasters who attack leaders or air socially unacceptable content...

Let’s not forget the moderate Islamists

For more than three decades, fundamentalist religious organizations across the Arab world - such as the Islamic Group in Egypt, the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria, and Al-Qaeda - have monopolized global attention. Meanwhile, moderate currents faced - and continue to face - difficulty expressing themselves at the international level, even though they represent the mainstream essence of Islam...

Egypt: Government forces make show of force at Cairo International Book Fair

The annual Cairo Internation al Book Fair received a rare appearance of dozens of armed security forces on Friday as government fears of a pro-Gaza demonstration materialized...

Why we both love and hate America

Immediately after the 9/11 attacks against the United States, President George W. Bush and many other perplexed, angry and often ignorant Americans asked a question: "Why do they hate us?" Then they made a statement: "You’re either with us or against us."..

From father to son, Arab despotism may have merit

The problem of succession in the secular Arab republics highlights their predicament in the transition to a post-revolutionary phase, for succession in regimes failing to build strong institutions always risks triggering a systemic crisis. While the decision by some to favor dynastic succession may be democratically lacking, it is not entirely devoid of merit. Arguably, it is a choice for economic modernization, for an end to the politics of conflict, and for positive political change ..

Egypt drops terror charges against Muslim Brothers

Egypt’s military tribunal dropped terror and money laundering charges on Sunday against 40 senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood who were arrested a year ago, judicial officials and the group’s Web site said. "The military court dropped charges of money laundering and terrorism," said a judicial official speaking on customary condition of anonymity. ..

Muslim Americans speak out in the ‘Hijabi Monologues’

The story revolves around the two girls’ attempts to find somewhere to pray at half-time, which takes them to the first-aid room where Zeenat (rendered by Ullah in the classic Valley-girl whine) asks the baffled men stationed there “Uh, hi, we’re Mooooslem and we need to praaaay…?..