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United States ups Israeli defence aid to $30bn

PRIME Minister Ehud Olmert has announced a new $30 billion ($35.2 billion) US defence package to preserve Israel’s regional military superiority, as Washington readied an Arab arms deal to counter Iran...

Politicians Draw Reform Road Map in Egypt

Reform in Egypt is increasingly demanded by all Egyptians across the political, intellectual and social spectrums. Many compatriots even work for reaching this reform in order to improve the currently deteriorating conditions of the Egyptians. Some people say that government’s version of reform is primarily ceremonial and doesn’t serve people. This can be easily proved by the nearly daily demonstrations and protests nationwide because of the current repression of freedoms and for deman..

Father of Alex. Kidnapped Student: State Security Killed Son

Ali Farid Solaiman, father of one of the six kidnaped students in Alexandria, accused the State Security Police of killing his son and hiding his body. Have the dawn visitors (State Security Forces raiding houses of civilians at dawn) returned to Egypt along with the phenomenon of kidnapping innocent people from streets, he wondered...

Siwa Policemen Burn Egyptian Alive

Egyptian policemen at the Siwa police station burnt the victim Yahya Abdullah Atoum after soaking his body in alcohol and st him to fire...

MAS Freedom Presents Former U.S. Attorney General at Press Briefing on Human Rights in Egypt

Mr. Clark, a former U.S. Attorney General and acclaimed international peace and human rights advocate, returned earlier in July from Egypt, where he was invited by attorneys for political opposition leaders held in custody by the government of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarrak. The prisoners, who are members of the Muslim Brotherhood, were previously exonerated of all charges by an Egyptian civilian court before being re-arrested and tried on the same charges by a military tribunal. ..

Turkey’s AK victory shows that Islamism and democracy can be reconciled

There are significant lessons to be gleaned from the overwhelming victory of the "mildly Islamist" AK party in Turkey’s early parliamentary elections for Muslim political parties in the region, neighboring regimes, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s skittish Western allies alike. The election is evidence that democracy can be accommodated in an Islamic political platform just as easily as a secular one, and Muslim parties can operate effectively in the government when given the ..

18 E.Cairo MBs Arrested

Egyptian security forces raided on Friday evening the house of a resident in the eastern Cairo region of Matariya, arresting 18 of his guests...

MB Female Members and Political Action…Obstacles, Restrictions

The Sisters Section (women’s sections) in the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is facing many defects and weaknesses, the most prominent of which is the weakness of the political participation of MB female members and lacking female political leaders that may exercise public work and political work professionally and proficiently. Women are still lagging behind men even in this field . ..

Al Ghannoushi: Latest Releases No Sign of Tunisian Rights Improvement

Rashed Al Ghannoushi, the head of the Tunisian Al Nahda Islamic movement confirmed that the latest releases carried out on Thursday, July, 26th, 2007, add nothing new to the Tunisian political status quo and that they don’t refer to any respect to human rights or political reform in Tunisia...

The Moslem Brotherhood’s Candidates in Behera are not allowed to Fill in Applications

Ehab El-Siad, the agent of the Moslem Brotherhood’s candidates in Behara governorate, said that the administrative and security bodies refuse up till now to let the Moslem Brotherhood’s candidates fill their electoral applications for the upcoming parliamentary election..

The Police Shoots Azabaoy’s Supporters and Tears el-Dery’s Posters

Muhammad el-Azabaoy, a representative of the Moslem Brotherhood in the Parliament, submits an urgent questionnaire to the Interior Minister. The questionnaire is about the incident that toke place in Tanata district, his parliamentary circle, on 810 when the police shot some of his supporters who were sticking posters of congratulation on the coming of Ramadan...

Egypt: Intimidation and assault on journalists and peaceful demonstrators must stop

Amnesty International expresses its support for the Egyptian NGO community in its continued call for freedom of expression and respect for human rights and the rule of law in Egypt, and calls on the authorities to investigate the recent allegations of physical and sexual assaults and to stop intimidation of the political opponents in the country. ..

Egypt: Human Rights Watch Asks Mubarak to Investigate Police Brutality

Egypt’s President Husni Mubarak should urgently appoint an independent commission to investigate those responsible for ordering and carrying out attacks against demonstrators protesting his decision to run for a fifth term, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. ..

Kifaya To Reveal Several Cases of Government Corruption

Kifaya Movement promised to uncover many corruption cases within the Egyptian ruling regime. A subcommittee inside Kifaya Movement has put the final touches on a document that will..

Judges Soften Rhetoric in Their Conflict with Government

In what some suggest as an attempt to ease tension with the ruling regime, the judges emergency general assembly reached a middle ground solution by issuing a statement read out by chief justice Zakaria Abdul Aziz in which the judges announced ..

Terminology’s Cultural Differences

In his description of terminology’s cultural differences, Dr. Muhammad `Imarah believes that terminology could be seen as a container and a tool that conveys the message behind the meaning. This has been the case of many terms throughout history and among different civilizations.Terminology may also be seen through..

Women in Islam and Muslim Society

In the religion of Islam, a woman is an independent entity, and thus a fully responsible human being. Islam addresses her directly and does not approach her through the agency of Muslim males...

MB Female Activists Condemn Killings Of Palestinian Women

In an exclusive statement to Ikhwanweb, Muslim Brotherhood female activist and Media Professor, Dr. Manal Abul Hassan commented on the massacres against ..

MB University Female Students, Security Obstacles

Students are still a key factor in the political reform process and social movement in Egypt. This has been more stressed this year specially in the midst of the many problems and crises facing students, particularly Muslim Brotherhood students after the free student union experience...

How Turkish See Future After AKP Win

Islamists all over the world are so happy following the success of the Turkish experience through the Justice an Development Party’s (AKP) win in Sunday’s elections. ..