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MB Expresses Condolences For Death of President’s Grandson, Mohamed

Muslim Brotherhood Chairman Mohammed Mahdi Akef offers sincere condolences to President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak and his family on their grandson’s death "Mohamed Alaa Mubarak," who died yesterday evening...

An Officer Pushes a Citizen from the Fourth Floor in Behera Arrest Campaign

The sources revealed that the SS did not include Barakat with the 24 detainees due to his deteriorating condition and his transfer to Damanhour Educational Hospital in fear of legal accountability, pointing out to the fact that a medical report and minutes were issued once he arrived and that MB Group will submit a complaint to the Attorney General against the officer. ..

Cairo University Prevents 12 MB Students From Taking Final Exams

The decision of the Faculty Administration came few days before the exams of the second semester, which should start next Saturday in the university, for the students to miss the chance of rasing cases in the administrative courts to get their rights back...

European campaign urges British gov’t to press Israel to open Gaza crossings

The letter hailed four senior EU officials for demanding the Israeli foreign minister to open the crossings for humanitarian aid, saying that it is a step in the right direction and must be followed by rapid steps to end the Israeli siege imposed three years ago. ..

Detention Campaign to Continue, Total Number Rises to 56 in 4 days

The most recent was 13 new members, 20 jailers from Al-Sharqia, as well as 23 from Al-Behira governorate, bringing the total 56 nationwide on false accusations of money laundering, and accession to a banned group, etc….Security used to stick with Muslim Brotherhood. ..

MB MP Reveals 100 Faked Medicine in the Egyptian Market

El-Mesiri also wondered about the place in which these fake medicines get prepared and how did it fade from the eyes of the State Security which devotes its efforts to chase opponents of the regime? How do these medicine get smuggled through customs and reach to the ordinary consumer without quarantine? What is the stance of the Minister of Health from the spread of this amount of faked medicines in the Egyptian market...

Report: Israel killed 313 children in its war on Gaza

The Palestinian center for human rights reported that the last Israeli war on the Gaza Strip was the largest during 42 years of occupation, adding that 1,414 Palestinians including 313 children were killed by Israel during this war..

Akbar Ahmed and Andrew Natsios sign Open Letter to President Obama

Akbar Ahmed, Muslim Scholar and Interfaith Leader, and Andrew Natsios, former US-AID Administrator are among the latest scholars and leaders to sign the Open Letter to President Obama...

UNICEF: IOA humiliates, neglects Palestinian children

The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) organization has accused Friday the Israeli occupation authority of deliberately humiliating and neglecting the Palestinian children..

Kuwaiti Elections: Advancement for Women, Retreat for Islamists

Also, since the law issued in the year 2005 allowing women to vote and run for elections, three women had occupied ministerial posts including Ma’souma El-Mubarak who held the position of Minister of Planning and Administrative Development in 2005 to become the country’s first female cabinet minister. ..

Human Rights Organizations Warn of Obstacles to Gaza Reconstruction (Report)

The government is actively striving to develop the idea of constructing buildings and houses from clay as a substitute for buildings made of cement due to its scarcity in the Gaza Strip, and because of the resulting delay in reconstruction of the Strip as well. ..

Gov’t Falsely Charge Detained MB Leaders With Money Laundry

The prosecution also charged the detainees with affiliation to a banned group [MB] using terrorism to achieve its goals, possession of publications promoting the group’s ideology in addition to providing the group with material support with knowledge of its purposes...

Rights Activists: Double Standards Influence Exceptional Release Decisions

It is mentioned that among the diseased military detainees are Khayrat El-Shater who is suffering diabetes, heart disorders, and hypertension; Dr. ‘Esam Hasheesh who is suffering heart and stomach disorders; Ahmed Shusha, Ahmed Ashraf, and Mamduh El-Husseiny who suffer diabetes; and Sadek El-Sharqawy, Ayman Abdel-Ghany, and Dr. Diaa’ Farahat who are suffering severe joint pains. ..

Morsy: Egyptian Regime Lost Legitimacy

Dr. Morsy challenged the ruling party is not able to compete in any fair and transparent elections, whether parliamentary, trade union, or even student bodies. He stressed that the regime always resort to repression against Egypt’s peaceful opposition which is seeking reform and restore the country’s national identity and its stand in the Arab world after decades of failed policies and dictatorship...

Ezzat Calls on Egyptians to Mark Day of Anger for Jerusalem

Muslim Brotherhood Secretary General Dr. Mahmoud Ezzat called Arabs and Egyptians to interact strongly with political and national powers’ call to mark Friday May 15 as a "Day of Anger" across the world to "stand united against zionists and their schemes to judaize Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque violations", according to a statement released. ..

Arab league condemns international silence towards Israeli crimes

The Arab League expressed profound concern at the uncertainty of the future of the Palestinian issue in the light of extremist Zionist parties assuming power in Israel and called on the international community to end the oppression against the Palestinian people by applying international resolutions and pressuring the Israeli occupation to lift the siege imposed on Gaza..

"Hope" convoy arrives in Alexandria on Friday en route to Gaza

It said that the convoy was carrying medical equipment only, and hailed the Egyptian authority for opening the crossing every now and then to alleviate the Palestinians’ suffering in the Gaza Strip that has been under siege for three years. ..

IOA notifies Jerusalemite of intention to flatten his home

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces detained a Palestinian youth near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil city on Wednesday evening at the pretext he was holding a knife. ..

Egypt versus Hizbullah

This afternoon I headed over to the Middle East Institute to hear Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha talk about the future of U.S.-Syrian relations...

Several MBs Arrested Across Egypt As Crackdown Intensifies

Egyptian security forces stormed the houses of several MB leaders in Cairo arresting Prof. Dr. Houssam Abu Bakr el Sedeek, prominent engineer and Prof. at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, and the general administrator of the MB Cairo office. According to Ikhwanweb sources, several other MB members from and around Cairo have been arrested but their names are yet to be confirmed. ..