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M.B. new female candidate
Cairo - Women can hold leadership positions in the Muslim Brotherhood and even become a murshid (supreme guide), according to Dr. Makarem al Dayri, the group’s sole female candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Speaking to Asharq al Awsat, al Dayri said that a woman could assume the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood if the current tension bet..

Akef: Reform in Egypt is Inevitable and the Eternal Rule is rejected
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 Muhammad Akef, the Supreme Guide of the Moslem Brotherhood, affirmed that the movement goes on its cooperation with all political and national powers to put an end to all patterns of corruption and deposition along with the consolidation of a comprehensive political and social reform.

A symposium Discussed (Islam is the Solution) Slogan
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By Hussam Mahmmud
A symposium was held, on Oct.23, to discuss the essences of the slogan of the Moslem Brotherhood, ’Islam is the solution’. The participants hailed the choice of this slogan by the MB in its election campaigns for the parliamentary election, scheduled on the Nov.9.

At the beginning of the symp..

The Political Dialogue of the Moslem Brotherhood
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By Ahmed el-Talawy
The new approach of the Moslem Brotherhood stimulated a series of possibilities to analyes the potential factors behind the movement’s revival.  This vivacity boosts its superiority over the opposition and placed it along with the National Democratic Party on the top of the political action.
The..

The MB Candidate’s Daughter is Attacked by the State Security
Ikhwan online By Muhammad Redaa
Muhammad el-Hawary, the Moslem Brotherhood’s standby candidate in Faqous, Sharqyia governorate, said that his daughter, a student at Al-Azhar University, has been beaten. A detective of the Sate Security has attempted to kidnap her in her way to the collage.
This incident is a threatening mas..

Tip of the iceberg
Jailan Halawi seeks clues amongst political analysts about why last week’s incidents occurred, and what they might foretell

 
A play performed two years ago at a church in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria has somehow sparked a riot that ended with three dead, scores injured, and -- most ominously -- a tangible rise in the tension between Muslims and Ch..

Akef Warns against Using Hariri’s Assassination for the US Benefit

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By Muhammad el-Shreef

The Supreme Guide for the Moslem Brotherhood, Muhammad Akef, warns against the US intention to exploit the assassination of the Lebanese former prime minister, Rafeq el-Hariri, to achieve its planes that avail Israel or to use it as a means of pressure to end certain p..

Ikhwanul Muslimun’s standing on Muslim women in Islamic Society
Muslim Brotherhood on Muslim women in Islamic Society
The Role of Muslim Women in an Islamic Society

The Role of Muslim Women in an Islamic Society and the stand of the
Muslim Brotherhood regarding Womens’ rights to vote, be elected,
occupy public and governmental posts, and work in general.

Th..

The Muslim Brotherhood Journalists Honor el-Eriaan and Watany  newspaper

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By Abdel Rahman Muhammad

The Moslem Brotherhood journalists honored, in their annual celebration, arranged on Oct.26th, both the Christian newspaper, Watany, and Dr. Essam el-Eriaan, a leading figure in the MB.

The esteem of Watany newspaper is a sign of appreci..

Hosni Mubarak
Elections or no, he’s still Pharaoh.
By Tamara Wittes
Imagine that after Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974, Gerald Ford became president—for life. Imagine that over the next 24 years, he declared a state of emergency and ruled over a tame parliament and hobbled opposition, holding on to power through clever politicking, brute force, and good luck. Something like this sc..

Muslim Brotherhood Tech-Savvy in Egypt Polls

 The slogan of the Muslim Brotherhood in the upcoming elections.
 
By Mohamad Gamal Arafa, IOL Staff

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is getting tech-savvy in its preparations for the parliamentary elections in November with candidates posting their platforms on the Internet and launching an online radio to reach out t..

The 2005 Egyptian Elections: How Free? How Important?

Saban Center Middle East Memo #8

Tamara Cofman Wittes, Research Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

On September 7, 2005, for the first time in their history, Egyptians will have a choice of candidates in a presidential election. When President Hosni Mubarak, who was elected to four previous terms in ’ye..