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Akef Commends Saudi Security for Foiling Attack on Abqaiq

Mr. Mohamed Mahdi Akef, the General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, addressed his tribute to Saudi security forces for foiling the attempted terrorist attack, Friday, 24 February 2006, against the Abqaiq oil facility in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia. In a press release issued today, Saturday, February 25, 2006, the General Guide prayed to Almighty God to keep the kingdom of Saudi Arabia from all evils and to save the Arab region from the scourge of terrorism. He stressed that all efforts should be combined to guide young people into becoming a constructive not a destructive element. He wished quick recovery for wounded Saudi security personnel...

’Our People Will Never Rest’

SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH HAMAS LEADER KHALED MASHAAL
Khaled Mashaal, the exiled political leader of Hamas, discusses the Palestinian people’s right to resistance, the struggle against Israel, the future government and how it will shape its relations with Europe and the West.

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Israel: Hania Will Be Targeted If Hamas Strikes

A prominent official of the Israeli ruling Kadma Party threatened that the prime minister-designated Ismael Hania will be targeted if Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, carries out attacks in Israel. The Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth cited the ex-chief of the Israeli Intelligence saying. ’Haniah’s nomination gives him no immunity.’ ’For me, he (Haniah) was and still will be a terrorist...

Muslim Brotherhood’s Statement on Sectarian Violence in Iraq

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious "Believers are but a signal brotherhood: so make peace and reconciliation between your two (contending) brothers." (94, 10) Praise be to Allah, Peace be upon His Prophet Muhammad and those who follow his way… What is going in Iraq bleed hearts and cause deep regret and sorrow. The land of the well-guided Islamic caliphate which defended the Islamic and Arabic worlds over long time, is now reupting in bloody violence...

Akef: How Can We Support Hamas

A Message from Mr. Mohammad Mahdi Akef – Chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood

In the name of Allah; and peace and blessings be upon His messenger and his proponents.

Resistance is the Consience of the Ummah
Palestinian resistance is the conscience and dignity of our Ummah...

Brotherhood’s Statement on Call for Protesting Stand

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious "Say if you love Allah then follow me so Allah Loves you". (3, 31) Praise be to Allah, peace and blessing be upon His Prophet Muhammad and those who follow his way The world popular protest of insult of some Western media towards Islam’s prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, reflected the significance of unified stances of the Islamic states. The Muslim Brotherhood which firmly believes in the Islamic unity especially in face of challenges accepts the sincere call of Mr. el-Kady Hussein, the Leader of the Pakistani Islamic Movement. In addition, the group appeals to all Arab and Islamic nations along with free people over the world who respect sacred objects and protect freedom of faith to stage a stand on Friday, March 3rd to express, in a civilized manner, their fury, protest, and condemnation of attempts of deformation of Prophet Muhammad. In this respect we would like to assert:..

Habeeb to Ikhwanweb: Egyptian Regime Does Not Want Reform

The Muslim Brotherhood, represented by Dr. Mohamed Habeeb, First Deputy of the MB Chairman, has denounced the arrests of Prof. Rashad El-Bayoumi, professor of Geology at Cairo University along with several students acitivists affaliated with the Muslim Brotherood. In a statement to IkhwanWeb, he condemned that step, indicating that this event points out to an unprecedented retreat in the question of freedoms in Egypt. After the reform achievements that the national movement has realized over the past year, there is now a big regression in the political open-up...

Syria: An Open Letter to the 4th General Conference of Arab Political Parties

An Open Letter Submitted by Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood to the Fourth General Conference of Arab Political Partiesto be held in Damascus from 4 to 6 March 2006 Distinguished participants at the fourth session of the general conference of Arab political parties , Assalamu Alaikum (peace be upon you) We welcome you to Syria, your blessed motherland, and thank you for your interest in the issues of our Umma (Arab-Islamic community) and for your concern to feel the pains and wounds of its countries. We believe that you, as the representatives of the forward elite of this Umma, have the right to be given by us a summary of the state of affairs and the dimensions of the suffering of your brothers, the children of the Syrian people, in the midst of whom are holding your conference. You also have the right to be informed about the real attitude of the national forces of that people, which are squeezed between two evils: either to yield to despotism or to capitulate. The Syrian people combats both evil options with an unabated determination...

Arrests Will Not Hinder Our March For Freedom

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious Praise be to Allah, Peace and Blessings be upon Prophet Muhammad and those who follow his way We are suspired by the odd and unjustified measures taken by the government when the State Security forces stormed homes of some Muslim Brotherhood activists arresting them, followed by the detention of Dr. Rashad Muhammad El-Byoumy, 70, a professor at the Cairo University Faculty of Science...

Akef’s Message to The New Jordanian Brotherhood Chairman

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious Dear brother Mr. Salem El-Falahat, the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood’s Chairman May Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon you It gives us the great pleasure to congratulate you for your election as the chairman of the Jordanian Charter of the Muslim Brotherhood. We invoke Allah, the Almighty, to make you the best successor for the best predecessor, help you with your new responsibilities, and guide you for the benefit of the Brotherhood and Islam...

The Muslim Brotherhood Press Conference on Bird Flu Crisis

The Muslim Brotherhood Conference on Bird Flu is Moved to the Headquarters of the MB Executive Bureau
Dr. Mahmoud Ezzat, professor of microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig’s University, and Secretary-General of the Muslim Brotherhood, confirmed that the Brotherhood had decided to change the venue of the press conference on the bird flu crisis...

Government Crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood Continues

Arrest campaigns targeting the Muslim Brotherhood continue when the State Security officers stormed Qina-bound train arresting two of the Muslim Brotherhood: Abdullah Khalil, a member of the Bar Association’s board in Qina governorate, Northern Cairo, and Muhammad Ahmed Khalaf. Officers drove both of them to their homes to be searched...

“ Brotherhood’s Reuter” arrested

State security forces continued its vicious campaign against Muslim Brotherhood activists and sympathizers. Twenty people from all walks of life have been arrested so far in another episode of oppression committed by an illegitimate and corrupt regime which govern Egypt by iron and fire for more than a quarter of a century...

Government’s Version of Reform; Opposition Newspaper Shut Down

El-Shamy made contacts with the Chief of Press Syndicate Galal Aref, some members of the syndicate, and the Secretary General of the Council Galal Dewedar to known the reason behind the suspense...

Detentions among MB’s Activists Continue

Within its continuous arrest campaigns targeting the Muslim Brotherhood, the State Security forces detained four of the Muslim Brotherhood today. This security escalation comes in wake of an impressive showing of the Brotherhood and its parliamentary bloc concerning some critical political and social issues such as the crises of bird flu and the doomy ferry...

Akef calls on the Muslim Umma for Unity in the Face of Challenges

The Chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mr. Mohamed Mahdi Akef, stressed that the Muslim Umma (community) is required at present to seek to stick to its creed and the elements of unity, which it provides in the face of foreign conspiracies and domestic difficulties..

Freedom for Journalist Amira Malsh

The Arab Organization for Support of Civic Society and Human Rights expressed its deep concern over the ruling by Giza Criminal Court on March 7, to sentence Amira Malsh, a journalist with the independent weekly newspaper al-Fagr, to a year in jail and 10.000 pounds fine for allegedly libelling a judge in a story on a bribery investigation...

Akef: Emergency Law Heaviest Scourge on Country

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Chairman Muhammad Akef called on the parliament to nullify emergency law and not to pass alternative legislations.

In a press conference, held by the National Front for Change, Mr. Akef said emergency law which has been applied since Mubark’s office, restricts freedom and poses intimidation on opposition...

Brotherhood Condemns Raid on Jericho Jail

The Muslim Brotherhood’s deputy leader Muhammad Habeeb condemned the Zionist "Israeli" raid on Jericho Jail in an attempt to detain Ahmed Saadat, the Sectary General of the Popular Front for Palestine Liberation and his mates. Habeeb dubbed the move ’a terrorist act’...

Muslim Brotherhood Agenda is Centered on Comprehensive Reform

Dr. Mohamed Habib, deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), confirmed that the MB’s agenda is centered on three major issues, on top of which is the question of political reform and amending the constitution which represents the true gateway for all forms of reform...