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Egypt: Regime’s ‘reforms’ and deep recession widen massive inequalities

Strikes and mass protests harbinger of social and political explosions, “Just For You” was the meaningless slogan of the recent National Democratic Party conference in Egypt..

Egyptian Military Court of Appeals fails to rectify injustice

Amnesty International condemns the failure of Egypt's military appeals court to overturn sentences imposed on leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood organization after unfair trials..

Targeted by the New McCarthyites

[John] Denham is entertaining Inayat Bunglawala of the MCB, who gave a taste of the 'progressive' policies Labour is encouraging when he wrote an article defending Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi,..

Vote against minaret sparks global outrage.

Switzerland's decision to ban the construction of mosque minarets has sparked criticism fro politicians and religious figures worldwide...

Qaradawi: Today banning of Minarets and tomorrow banning of Mosques.

Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, chairman of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, expressed his regret and chagrin with the results of the referendum on the banning of minarets in Switzerland...

Swiss minarets: is EU following Arabs down path of self-pity and xenophobia?

One of only four minarets in Switzerland, on a Muslim centre in Wangen bei Olten. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP..

Minaret Controversy in Switzerland: What’s Behind?

The problem in Switzerland is that the relation with religions is organized constitutionally at the level of the "cantons" (States). In other words, any demand should be addressed locally. The result is that any demand takes a long time to be resolved, such as the issue of special places for cemetaries, because the responses are always local as well...

Minarets in the Land of Freedom

In his recently published book, Les Minarets de la Discorde. Eclairages sur un Débat Suisse et Européen, which discusses the controversy around minarets in Switzerland, Dr. Patrick Haenni gives an overview of the current debates on Islam in the West. European Muslims Section presents this book to IOL readers through Mr. Husam Tammam’s two-part introduction...

Compiled By Euro-Muslims Editorial Desk

There is no doubt that the two-year-old anti-minaret Swiss initiative has raised many reactions worldwide, some of which are even undetermined yet...

Brotherhood delays debate

A group of young members within Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday postponed an online reform debate, exposing a rift with elders determined to avoid open confrontation with the state...

Fadwa: We have full confidence in Palestinians negotiating Shalit deal

Fadwa Al-Barghouthi, the wife of detained Fatah leader Marwan Al-Barghouthi, has stressed that she was fully confident of the skill of the Palestinian party negotiating the prisoners' swap deal, referring to Hamas and other factions holding the Israeli captive soldier Gilad Shalit...

Health ministry: 141 types of medicines and medical items out of stock

The department of pharmaceutics at the health ministry in the Gaza Strip has announced that a big number of medications and medical items were out of stock in its stores...

Barghouthi: Netanyau's statement on temporary settlement freeze deceptive

MP Dr. Mustafa Al-Barghouthi, the secretary general of the national initiative party, has described the Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu's temporary settlement freeze as "malicious" and aimed at excluding Jerusalem from the Palestinian occupied lands...

Egypt: Even during Eid, security rears ugly head

CAIRO: It was holiday time for Egyptians across the country, who used the days away from work to visit family and join in prayer with their relatives...

Full text of Hezbollah's new political document

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah announced on Monday the Resistance party's new political document approved during the party's General Conference that lasted for months...

Dr. Saad Elewa reveals the truth behind the “International Network of the Muslim Brotherhood”

Dr. Mohamed Saad Elewa, Head of Urology department in Bolaq el-Dakrour Hospital was one of the defendants in case No. 404-Supreme State Security, renown in the media as the case of the “international network”...

Dr. Rafiq Habib Wins Youth Award

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Youth Forum (Sahatna), the official sponsor of State’s Incentive Award for youths have announced that Coptic intellectual Dr. Rafiq Habib has received the award after winning the largest number of votes in the latest stage where five other candidates competed him...

MEDIA ALERT: SWITZERLAND VOTES ON MINARET BAN

Proposal championed by right-wing parties to ban minarets in Switzerland goes to a nationwide vote on Sunday; latest polls show 37% in support of the ban...

Egyptian Teaching staff's club: No intentions to cut off ties with teaching institutions in Algeria.

In a conference which brought together Egyptian Teaching club's and administrations allegations claiming that the Teacher's council will boycott relations with Algerian Educational and academic club's were denied ...

Clashes in Suez courtroom between MB families and forces.

Families of 33 Muslim Brotherhood detainees in Suez faced harassment by state security forcesearlier today. Forces clashed with those who were waiting in the courtroom to visit with their detained family member...