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Hamas: Arab leaders haven’t used pressure cards against the occupation

Hamas Movement said on Thursday that the Arab leaders have until now not used any of the strong cards they possess against the Israeli occupation, adding that they should go beyond the stage of promises and wishes...

Khater: Hamas is keen on achieving national reconciliation

AMMAN, -- Sami Khater, member of Hamas’s political bureau, said on Thursday that his Movement was keen to end the Palestinian political rift, but he accused certain parties of exploiting the reconciliation for election purposes only...

And, now, who will accept responsibility for the failure?

Finally, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has admitted, belatedly, of course, that 18 years of talks and negotiations with Israel have availed to nothing...

Sawaseya demands action be taken to restore Muslim's rights abroad.

The Sawasya Centre for human rights and anti-discrimination has condemned actions taken by a judge in Spain where he ordered a Muslim lawyer to leave the courtroom after she refused to remove her veil while attending a session...

‘Businessmen posing as revolutionaries’: General Dayton and the “new Palestinian breed”

“Sincerely speaking” said General Dayton, “…as far I am concerned, Hamas is a political issue. I do not interfere in this matter”. “I would appreciate if you do not ask me political questions”, he continued, “because as a soldier I do not speak in politics”. Such innocuous protests from General Dayton – who, since 2005, has been the US Security Coordinator for the Palestinians – are untrue..

Why Can’t Muslim Societies Be More Like a Globalised West?

Many commentators on Islam make the same mistake: They instinctively assume that Muslim resistance to western globalisation reflects the inability of Muslims to accept the social and structural change that ‘modernity’ requires. Muslims, in this view, fail to rise above the ‘closed’ world of cultural traditions, and to embrace change. They shy away from, or react against the ‘choice’ offered by modernity...

Abdul Ghani: Government policies affect the underprivileged

Taimor Abdul Ghani, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc , submitted a questioning to the Prime Minister on news published in the newspapers which stated that nearly a third of all children are malnourished, according to a new report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) due to extreme poverty. This illustrates an increase by almost 20 % during the 2005-2008 periods...

Suez State Security ban entry of food to Suez MB’s detainees.

Bahaa Salama, the Brotherhood’s Lawyer in Suez, asserted that violations of rights were practiced on the detainees who were prevented from contacting their relatives. They were also denied food inside the courthouse although most of the detainees came from distant and remote prisons including Burj Al Arab, Damanhour, Wadi El-Natron, They were also denied getting their meals prepared by the Prison Service...

Renewal of detention of Abdel-Ghaffar and leading MB member in Alexandria

The Supreme State Security for the 9th consecutive time, renewed the detention for a further 15 days of Dr. Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar, vice Secretary -General of the Medical Association and Rapporteur of the Human Relief Agency. Ghaffar had been merged to Dr. Abul Fotouh and his companions in the renowned case no. 404 of 2009 Supreme State Security...

MB Parliamentary bloc ready and waiting to disclose NDP's scandals.

The next session which will be its last session of the existing parliament, scheduled to begin tomorrow will witness several scenarios prepared by Ahmed Ezz, Secretary of the Organization in the National Democratic Party (NDP) and will be implemented by the NDD majority against the Brotherhood's parliamentary bloc, independents and other opposition party MPs...

Crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood students deepens.

In a new round of arbitrary arrests, the Egyptian government has expanded its crackdown against members of the Muslim Brotherhood students. This time aiming its measures against 2 Azhar students Khaled Abdul Wahab Mohamed Ali el-Deen and Abdul Fatah Otthman Omar Zaher...

Launching of website for "Egyptians against transfer of power"

"Egyptians against transfer of power" have been currently reviewing and analyzing the near prospect of launching their new electronic website...

The banning of blogger Amr Salama for being

The State security agency in Sinai forced the Sinai University's Administration from accepting the enrolment form of blogger Amr Salem. The 2nd year college student was denied entry into the Faculty's department of Journalism with allegations that he was too verbal and opinionated posting on his blog "Lesa Ayessh" or "Still living" objections to measures and policies used against Egypt's citizens...

A parliamentary questioning on the neglect of stolen Egyptian antiquities

Dr. Hamdi Zahran, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc and Deputy of Beni Suef, condemned the government's disregard to make any serious attempts to retrieve the looted Egyptian antiquities...

Tragedy at Ft. Hood: a Catalyst for Change?

The American Muslim community have been the victims of widespread and carefully contrived anti-Muslim sentiment before and after the events of 9/11, whatever their origin. What Hasan did was murder, pure and simple. What the neo-cons and their allies have done and are doing is treason, pure and simple. Both are crimes, and both should be punished, notes Alan Sabrosky...

No dignity for Egyptians

No mechanism exists to truly hold the Egyptian regime accountable to the people. The regime is rather concerned with the powers that sustain its long-standing rule: the military; the businessmen who support the government and are, in many cases, members of it and of the NDP; and foreign allies, namely the US and Israel, notes Sara Khorshid...

Release orders for 15 MB members contested.

The appeals court in Meet Ghamr decided on issuing a release order for 15 of Dakahleya's Muslim Brotherhood members however the release order was challenged and a further hearing is expected to take place Wednesday, November 11...

Muslim Americans Brace for Backlash in the Wake of Ft Hood Tragedy

When a person who happens to be a member of an established religion, say a Christian or a Jew, commits a crime, the media refers to him as a criminal and questions his act. When, however, the one who commits the crime happens to be a Muslim, the media refers to him as a Muslim and question his faith, notes Louay Safi...

Renewal of detention of 17 MB's in Suez and the arrest of two MB members in Beheira

The Muslim Brotherhood's defense lawyers for Suez’s Muslim Brotherhood's detainees submitted yesterday an appeal against the Suez Misdemeanor Court’s decision, which was issued on October 15, for a further 45 days pending investigation in case no.707 of 2009 Supreme State Security. The hearing of the appeal will be examined before the Suez criminal court on Wednesday, November 11...

Katatni nominates himself and challenges Sorour for the Presidency of the Peoples Assembly.

Assembly in The Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary bloc has announced that it will nominate candidates to elections for various positions. MB bloc leader Dr Saad Katatni is expected to run for the President of the Egyptians People Assembly...