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Mauritania Islamists: Military Coup Threatens the Country’s Stability

Muhammad Jamil Weld Mansour, head of the National Assembly for Reform and Development in Mauritania and an Islamist MP, said the military coup that took place in Mauritania on Wednesday is against the country’s stability and may drive the country into a crisis. ..

Habib Clarifies MB Stance Towards Saad-el-din Ibrahim Sentence

Commenting on the verdict against Saad El Din Ibrahim, MB Deputy Chairman Dr. Mohamed Habib said on Thursday in a statement to Ikhwanweb,..

MB Lawyers Haven’t Decided Yet to Challenge Military Verdicts, Says Attorney

MB Chief Atorney Abdul Moneim Abdel Maksoud said that the decision to challenge the military ruling against MB leaders will be announced by the week of August 25. This will depend on a consensus inside the MB, he told Ikhwanweb...

MB Mourns Labor Party Leader

The Muslim Brotherhood expressed condolences over death of labor party leader Ibrahim Shokry who died Tuesday at the age of 92. ..

Skepticism in the Arab World: The Base of Conspiracies

Skepticism is often used to validate conspiracy theories by discrediting mainstream beliefs...

Jordan: Better Prospects for MB-State Relations

Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has managed to overcome the organizational troubles that continued for the last two years and is about to safely pass through the most difficult juncture throughout the history of the group within the country. Though trying to belittle the size of these differences, MB leaders realize the strong impact on all the MB; leaders and members, due to the recent crisis...

Muslim Brotherhood Denounces Mauritania Coup

The Muslim Brotherhood denounced Wednesday’s military coup in Mauritania in which the President and the Prime Minister have been taken into custody and troops announced the formation of a new State Council...

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 ..

Party Leader Says Islamist Trend is Fact in Mauritania, Other Countries

Seminar On ICCPR calls for Repealing Military Trials, Implementing Covenant

The Arab Center for Independence of Judiciary and Advocacy in coordination with the League of International Lawyers has called for the effective implementation of the International Covenant On Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and repealing military tribunals and all forms of exceptional courts. ..

Farhaan Denounces Double-Standards in Dealing with Palestinian Leaders

Former Secretary General of the Islamic Action Front in Jordan Dr. Isaac Al-Farhaan has called upon the government to treat Hamas and Fath equally without bias, he said in a statement Tuesday...

Interview with Amr Hamzawy on The Egyptian Political Scene

The following is a summarized translation of an interview with Dr Amr Hamzawy conducted on June 21, 2008 by journalist Abdel Monem Mahmoud for the Egyptian daily Al Dostour and rendered into English by Ikhwanweb. It has an interesting discussion about the current political scene in Egypt, besides Dr. Hamzawy’s opinions about some of the controversial issues surrounding the MB, including the latest internal elections...

After Her Release: MP Mansour Unveils Women’s Suffering in Israeli Jails

NABLUS, (PIC)-- MP Mona Mansour revealed, following her release from Israeli jails on Monday, that the imprisoned Palestinian women are suffering from miserable living and health conditions, where the IOA deliberately deprives them from their most basic rights guaranteed by international law. ..

Arab committee to lift Gaza siege appeals to Mubarak to open Rafah crossing

BEIRUT, (PIC)-- The chairman of the Arab committee to lift the siege on Gaza and former Lebanese premier, Dr. Salim Al-Hoss, has appealed to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to open the Rafah border terminal...

Abu Baraka Rejects Appointment of MPs at Public Posts

Muslim Brotherhood MP Dr. Ahmed Abu Baraka (member of the Legislative Committee at People’s Assembly) expressed his endorsement of the legal fatwa of the General Assembly of Fatwa and Legislation at the State Council which supported the CAA Chief’s decision about the ineligibility of MPs to hold public posts during their membership...

Egypt: 341 Victims of Bread Crisis in Six Months

A field study on human rights revealed that 14 citizens were killed and other 190 were injured, and 137 arrested in bread lines in Egypt at the first half of 2008. ..

The Modes of Arab Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy theories often substitute for fact in the Arab world. Mohamed Abdel Salam helps to define different frameworks by which conspiracy theories operate within the Middle East. Click here to open the article in pdf format ..

Palestinian teen in Ni’lin succumbs to serious wounds

Palestinian medical sources said that Omaira was seriously injured while confronting the IOF bulldozers, which were bulldozing citizens’ lands to build a section of the racist, separation wall. ..

MP Al-Husseini: Gov’t Still Detains Al-Monayar, MB Blogger

Al-Husseini emphasized that Al-Monayar has been ordered released by Supreme State Security Prosecution in 21st of July 2008. but he suffered from very miserable conditions during being moved to Tanta’s state security from Al-Sadat city; He was snapshot and proceeded Finger print Criminal Record after which he was asked to prepare himself for going home according to the release decisions. ..

Ex-minister freed from Israeli occupation jail

He called on international organizations and human rights groups to step in and demand the release of 48 Palestinian deputies and ministers who are held in harsh imprisonment conditions in Israeli occupation jails. ..