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Habib: Annapolis Conference only Photo Op

Dr. Mohamed Habib, the first deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), lashed out at the US-hosted Middle East peace talks conference in the city of Annapolis ..

Al Fayyum MB Blogger, Leaders Detained

State security forces in Al Fayum Governate detained 25 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders, topped by Dr. Ahmed Abdul Rahman, the manager of Makka Specialized Hospital..

Torture in Egypt.. overview

Torture in Egypt is not an ordinary crime. Rather, in recent years it has reached a critical level, it changed from being "an ordinary crime" to widespread phenomena...

Large scale detention in Alfayoum

Big names In MB community, among them was Alfayoum MB Administrative Officce, Dr Ahmed Abdulrahman..

Women and security violations

Egyptian women were not far from the ongoing systematic violations committed by the police, which are oriented to the society in general, it has nothing to do with being criminal, political activist or even suspected to be on of both!, as the victims have different social classes, cultural levels and political trends...

4 MB Damietta College Students to Disciplinary Boards

The dean of the Faculty of Education in Damietta, north of Egypt, referred four Muslim Brotherhood (MB) students to a disciplinary board...

Justice in Egypt is not alright

11 days passed since a communiqué was sent to the Prosecutor-General about the torturing of blogger Karim Amer in Borg Alarab prison without ordering an investigation, a matter that raises concerns and doubts about justice..

A "Political" Civil War in Egypt! ( A Position Paper)

"In its latest statement to the public opinion, the Syndicate of Journalists considered the sentences of imprisonment passed collectively against four editors in chief as a "declaration of war against freedom of expression", which is an eloquent expression describing the gravity of the sense of peril. However, as a matter of fact,..

Gaza closure threatens 3,000 students’ education rights

Palestinian students’ right to education is hindered by Israel in many ways, including through closure: Palestinian students line up on the first day of the new school year in the West Bank city of Qalqilia, September 2007. (Khaleel Reash/MaanImages)..

5 MB Azhar Students Dismissed, Others to Disciplinary Board

Dr. Mahmoud Mehenna, the vice-president of Al Azhar University- Asyut branch-issued a decision of dismissing five Muslim Brotherhood (MB) students at the university...

Pakistan - Egypt parallels

Since the beginning of Pakistan’s constitutional crisis, I’ve been thinking of potential parallels with Egypt. These remain fairly superficial,..

Muslim Brotherhood bloggers

Another population has started blogging: more than one hundred members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. Marc Lynch, Middle East scholar and author of the fine Abu Aardvark blog, notes that this subsector of the blogosphere now constitutes an online pressure group within than Islamicist organization...

9 More Monofiya MBs Arrested

The five received a previous release on Monday Nov, 19th, 2007, from Shibin Al Kawm criminal court without a bail, but the prosecution challenged the ruling and another session was set for them in Shibin Al Kawm Court of Appeals which acquitted them, but they are still under custody in the Shibin Al Kawm State Security Police premises..

9 More Monofiya MBs Arrested

The five received a previous release on Monday Nov, 19th, 2007, from Shibin Al Kawm criminal court without a bail, but the prosecution challenged the ruling and another session was set for them in Shibin Al Kawm Court of Appeals which acquitted them, but they are still under custody in the Shibin Al Kawm State Security Police premises..

A BBC correspondent’s clever ramble on democracy... Astute analysis of the current political situati

Christian rights spokesman detained... IHT says succession won’t be discussed at the big NDP conference... Bitterlemons looks at five views of Egypt after Mubarak... Earlier: Washington Post does a Gamal succession story on its front page... Uncharted territories... AP discusses succession... ..

25 more Muslim brotherhood members arrested...

Bloggers have announced that, while the Cairo film festival is taking place from 27 November to 7 December, they will hold a parallel festival in which a "Golden Whip" will be awarded to ..

Women in Muslim Brotherhood ..Towards More Political Participation

Many activists are questioning the role of the Muslim Brotherhood female members in the political action. It is worth mentioning that Egyptian security forces are besieging all demonstrations ..

The US is missing the point

WHICH is more critical to the US in the Islamic world: that a government be democratic, or that it be a friend and ally in the war against al-Qa’ida and Islamic extremism? In the Bush era, the answer has seemed unequivocal..

Egyptian Human Rights organizations call for cessation of the police campaign against MB members

The organizations signing this proclamation are denouncing the fact that news about random police campaigns & detentions of MB members from most of the governorates of Egypt are considered unworthy of publishing or even mentioning in most of Egyptian newspapers, with the exception of sparse brief news in some independent newspapers & some websites, as if it is becoming a trivial thing to arrest Egyptian citizens & oppressing them on the background of their political opinions as Islamis..

The Tunisian Alternative Can Democracy and Security co-exist in the Middle East?

In a televised broadcast two days ago, the Tunisian minister of Justice, Béchir Tekkari, declared that Islam is a religion for all Tunisians and that no single party or institution shall claim it exclusively as its own. It was his explanation..