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Why are Western officials hesitant to talk to moderate Islamists ?

What exactly do Western governments and policymakers want from Islamists, i.e. individuals and groups who believe that their system of government should be based on Islamic ..

Three police officers indicted in Qalubiya torture case

A man in Qalubyia is accusing three police officers of torturing and sodomizing him in June of last year...

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark denounces Brotherhood trial

Ramsey Clark, the former attorney general of the United States, is visiting Cairo this week to denounce the military trial of Khayrat El Shater and 39 other leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood...

El-Erian says Al-Hayat misquoted him, confirms Brotherhood position on Israel

Prominent Muslim Brotherhood (MB) member Essam El-Erian denied telling the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper that the group would recognize the state of Israel and cooperate with it once the MB reaches power.....

Getting over the fear of Arab elections

Concern about chaos in Iraq, Palestine, and Lebanon and fear of Islamist political victories have led many American commentators to identify Middle East .....

Freer markets but unfree minds in Egypt

I do not know why a police- and army-dominated modern Arab security state can achieve brisk economic reforms, high growth rates, and massive job expansion in a manner that other Arab countries can only envy,..

Deconstructing Iraq’s Sunni armed groups

Political and military struggles among armed Sunni factions are likely to persist for some time. The outcome depends on many variables, but especially the relationship between Al-Qaeda and other factions in the Sunni fold,..

The moderate behind bars

If you visit the home of prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam El Erian you will be met with decorations in the reception area and a big sign saying “Welcome Home”. ..

Web users at internet cafes allegedly under the radar of state security, says blogger

Do you regularly check your email, chat with friends, or surf the internet at one of Cairo’s many net cafes? If so, don’t be surprised if you are asked to present your ID card, passport, or provide your telephone number in order to use the computer next time...

Brotherhood trial adjourns to Sunday amid allegations of police theft

The military trial of Muslim Brotherhood Deputy Chairman Khayrat El Shater and 39 others has been adjourned to Sunday, Sept. 9, after its tenth meeting on Tuesday devolved into an argument between the defense and the judge about the fate of money seized by police during the arrests of the defendants, according to Brotherhood sources...

Muslim Brotherhood: third detainee in ‘critical condition,’ denied treatment

A third detained member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has been admitted to the intensive care unit at Manial University Hospital after developing a serious heart condition in Tora prison, but prison officials have denied him access to treatment, the group said in a statement...

The real question

President Hosni Mubarak and the regime have failed, for a while now, to answer a straight-forward question that democracy activists, human rights organizations, journalists and political activists have been marveling about over the past five months: why are civilians belonging to opposition groups tried before military tribunals?..

Brotherhood detainees denied medical treatment in prison

Muslim Brotherhood detainees Mohamed Hussein and Khayrat El Shater have both developed serious and possibly life-threatening illnesses in prison, according to Brotherhood sources and family members...

Brotherhood military trial continues despite El Shater health concerns

The military trial of Khayrat El Shater, deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood, and 39 other members of the organization continues today amid concerns over both the legitimacy of the proceedings and the defendants’ health conditions...

Why does Egypt choose to stoop so low?

There is a special sadness to the diminution of giants, to great men and countries that choose to stoop low. Egypt, in this respect, mystifies us once again, as its ruling regime resorts to repression and harassment of those who would challenge it politically and demand more democratic governance...

Brotherhood trial adjourned pending inquest into missing evidence

A number of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) lawyers and human rights activists were prevented from attending the military tribunal of 40 Brotherhood members on Tuesday, lawyers told Daily News Egypt. ..

Egyptian police step up Muslim Brotherhood crackdown

The military trial of 40 members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on charges of money-laundering and financing a banned organization resumed on Sunday amid an ongoing clampdown on the Islamists...

Kefaya torn between public mobilization and political affiliations

Although the majority of observers agree that the movement has not yet reached its full potential, there are few who would contest its trailblazing campaign against the possibility of President Mubarak’s son, Gamal, inheriting Egypt’s top official post...

Turkey’s AK victory shows that Islamism and democracy can be reconciled

There are significant lessons to be gleaned from the overwhelming victory of the "mildly Islamist" AK party in Turkey’s early parliamentary elections for Muslim political parties in the region, neighboring regimes, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s skittish Western allies alike. The election is evidence that democracy can be accommodated in an Islamic political platform just as easily as a secular one, and Muslim parties can operate effectively in the government when given the ..

For Egypt’s women, it’s more harassment and fewer rights

"The Egyptians’ lack of power over their lives is translating into a pervasive new style of interaction designed to provide some minimal illusion of strength. Shop girls are more rude, bands of school kids more antagonistic, tradesmen craftier, petty theft is on the rise and [sexual harassment] probably is too." I wrote these words in 2002 for Middle East International..