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Obama’s on-target message to Muslims

Barack Obama’s message to Muslims during his Turkey visit is not the final word, the White House keeps saying. Watch for more outreach, including a major speech soon in a Muslim country...

Jihadi dispute points to deeper radicalism among youths

This strain of Islam rejects political engagement, which puts it in opposition to the country’s largest Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood. Although Egypt’s authoritarian government welcomes this avoidance of politics, the Salafist strain is potentially problematic because of its tendency to see other Muslims and non-Muslims as inferior, a stance that disposes some to adopt violent tactics. ..

The intensifying battle over Internet freedom

Neither did the other framers of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago when they enshrined the right to freedom of expression. Yet they wisely left room for just such a development by declaring in Article 19: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."..

Politics on Facebook brings trouble for young Egyptian

Ahmed Maher says he was arrested and tortured by Egyptian authorities for starting a group on the popular social-networking site that was intended to support a nationwide strike ..

Egypt targets Muslim Brotherhood moderates

Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members waited under the hot spring sun on the Hikestep Army Base near Cairo on Tuesday to hear the verdict against 40 other influential members on trial for participating in the banned opposition movement...

Egypt Targets Muslim Brotherhood Moderates

Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members waited under the hot spring sun on the Hikestep Army Base near Cairo on Tuesday to hear the verdict against 40 other influential members on trial for participating in the banned opposition movement..

No way to avoid Hamas now

Last week, the Palestinian militant organization Hamas masterminded a spectacular "bust-out" into Egypt of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, where Israel has been maintaining a tight siege for many years. That bust-out reinforced the strength of Hamas’s popular support among Palestinians and has started to change the political map of the region...

The Muslim Brotherhood shows its true colors

The draft is just that – a draft still open to adjustment, reflecting ongoing debate within the Brotherhood itself about its stances before it publishes the final version of the platform. Still, the preliminary program that it outlines doesn’t herald the democratic values the Brotherhood has claimed to hold in previous public statements and addresses. Instead, it calls for the adoption of a "Civic Islamic State." ..

Tunisia’s tiny free-speech steps

That sentiment can make it difficult for those who work with the US. "We are facing a lot of problems because we are working with MEPI,..

Islamic Spain: History’s refrain

The past sometimes provides examples of glory and success that serve as models. Other times, as the philosopher George Santayana said, it warns of impending calamity for those who do not learn from it...

A new push for change in the war on terror

The US is losing the war on terror. That’s the assessment of the nation’s top foreign-policy, intelligence, and national-security leaders from across the ideological spectrum. In this year’s Terrorism Index, a survey released Monday by Foreign Policy magazine, 84 percent of these experts believe the nation is losing the war on terror, while more than 90 percent say the world is growing more dangerous for Americans...

What ’Israel’s Right to Exist’ Means to Palestinians

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - Since the Palestinian elections in 2006, Israel and much of the West have asserted that the principal obstacle to any progress toward Israeli-Palestinian peace is the refusal of Hamas to "recognize Israel," or to "recognize Israel’s existence," or to "recognize Israel’s right to exist." ..

"Easing into Islamic democracy:

Convinced by their experience in the US, American Muslims are helping form democratic coalitions in the Muslim world and are building their case on Islamic principles." By Jane Lampman The Christian Science Monitor..

Egypt Targets Web-Savvy Opponents

Activists say Abdel Moneim Mahmoud was arrested because he’s a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and has a popular blog...