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Sharqia: Arrests and raids against 16 MB's including a leading member of the political bureau Dr Mohamed Abdul Ghany.

State security in Sharqia launched raids on 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood early Saturday morning. The raid comes as a result to demonstrations and protests organized by the movement...

Ali Gomaa Egyptian mufti talks about Islam at the John Hopkins university.

When asked about Islam Gomaa, described Islam "as a merciful religion" explaining that most of the 6,000 verses in the Qur'an encourage people to develop a better character...

Continued injustice and detention for Beheira Muslim Brotherhood members.

The injustice continues with the State security's defiance to respect orders issued for the release of the 12 Muslim Brotherhood members...

Protestors unite in Jordan demanding the severing of Israeli ties.

Friday witnessed protestors in Jordan taking to the streets, and the calling for the severing of diplomatic relations with Israel and the expelling of the Israeli ambassador from Amman in light of clashes between Palestinian worshipers and Israeli troops over the past week near al-Aqsa Mosque...

Arrests and raids against MB for uniting with Palestinians and organizing protests.

State security in Sharqia launched raids on 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood early Saturday morning. The raid comes as a result to demonstrations and protests organized by the movement. More than 120 rallies including more than 20 000 protestors, were organized by the movement in Sharqia to demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinians and to voice anger at the barbaric measures in which the Israeli Palestinian Occupation have tried to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque damaging its sanctity and injuring Palestinians standing to defend the mosque and all that it stands for during the last week...

Settling for ... Settlements?

The Arabs have a saying for someone who's not getting anywhere: "He's managed to explain, after considerable strain, that water is water." And so it is with US envoy George Mitchell: After considerable effort he's apparently settled for a settlement freeze that involves more settlements...

Egypt's Relationship With The US Is On An Upswing Following US President Barack Obama's Speech In Cairo

Egypt’s relationship with the US is on an upswing following US President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo on June 4 and President Hosni Mubarak’s subsequent trip to Washington, his first in five years...

What Arabs think of Obama’s Peace Prize

Obama won the award based on his alleged international efforts to forge a new world community that is not hindered by stereotypes and other remnants of the Bush administration’s antagonism globally...

Let Me Be Clear: We Must Credit Obama for His Accomplishments

This morning, with news that our president won the Nobel Peace Prize, after being nominated ten days into his presidency, I’m sure there are a lot of folks who aren’t fans of Obama reacting with disbelief and cynical, snarky remarks...

A parliamentary questioning the scandal of the elimination of the Banha University Professors.

MB Mohsen Radi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentary bloc, has ascertained that he will submit an urgent questioning on the state security's intervention to eliminate 12 prestigious professors from the ballot lists of candidates for Benha Teaching Staff Club. The elections are scheduled to be held on Monday, November 2, 2009...

Pragmatic Empathy for US Enemies

A lack of empathy toward potential adversaries is as dangerous for a superpower as it is for any other country. The US should realize that even outlaws have security fears and are not just hostile to the United States because it is a relatively free country, notes Ivan Eland...

Two Sides of the Israeli Coin

The Jewish people need to become witnesses that the shoah shall not happen again to any other people on this world. It is a crime that the Jewish people need to lead the world away from, and not continually thrust it into everyone else's face as the sole owners of racist victimhood, notes Jim Miles...

For Publication: Palestinians seek new Leadership, independence

Palestinian Return Center (PRC) held an urgent meeting in London, yesterday evening, to discuss the consequences of the withdrawal of the Goldstone report before submitting it to UN Human Rights Council of the United Nations...

Thousands of Christian extremists march in occupied Jerusalem

Thousands of Christian extremist pilgrims from around the world marched through the streets of occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday, chanting their support for Israel...

Anti-Islam posters 'threaten public peace' in Switzerland

Switzerland's Commission Against Racism said Wednesday that an anti-Islam poster campaign by a far-right party defamed the country's Muslim minority and could threaten public peace...

Mapping the Global Muslim Population

A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 1.57 billion Muslims of all ages living in the world today, representing 23% of an estimated 2009 world population of 6.8 billion...

World has 1.57 billion Muslims

The world's 1.57 billion Muslims make up nearly a quarter of the global population, with most of them clustered in countries in Asia, a study published Thursday showed...

Muslim Brotherhood's statement on Al-Aqsa Mosque’s latest incidents

The Muslim Brotherhood has closely followed current incidents on the Palestinian lands and condemns attacks perpetrated by the Israeli occupation authorities including the brutal offensive on Al-Aqsa Mosque, the attempts to destroy Al-Aqsa, and the besieging of worshippers banning them from reaching the Mosque...

Al-Qaradawi Calls for Friday to be “A Day of Anger

Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the head of the international association of Muslim scholars, called for the Arab, Muslim and free nations to make next Friday “a day of anger in support of Al- Aqsa Mosque” against the Israeli occupation forces. He called for peaceful marches to be held this Friday October 9, to protest Israeli's policies regarding Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque and to spend Friday night supplicating to Allah to protect the sanctities of Muslims...

Al- Azhar Imam under fire for decision to ban

Sheikh Mohamed Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and , the Muslim-majority country’s top religious authority, has vowed to ban the niqab (the veil which covers the entire face) in all schools linked to Al-Azhar...