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Nine Muslim Brothers arrested in a raids campaign today

Security Services in Sharqeya province have launched a raids campaign today at dawn on a number of members and leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in Hassan Saleh Area- Zaqaziq, and arrested nine of them who are still detained in Zaqaziq Police Station and will be presented before the Prosecution today evening. ..

Renewal of detention of 13 Muslim Brotherhood leaders

The MB detainees are: Dr. Osama Nasr al-Din ( a member of MB Executive Bureau), Dr. Hussam Abu Bakr ( Head of the MB administrative office in East Cairo), Dr. Ibrahim Mustafa, Eng. Hisham Saqr (Cairo), Ashraf Abdel-Samee, Dr. Mohamed Saad Alioua (Giza), Ali Abdel-Fattah, Dr. Issam Al-Haddad (Alexandria), Mohamed Ezzbawi, Mahmoud Al-bara (Gharbia), Al-Husseini Mohammad Al-Shami Eng. Hassan Shaalan (Dakahliya), and Islamic writer Waleed Shalabi (Al-Sharqia)..

The MB opinion on three key issues

We affirm the right of people to choose their rulers and representatives in full freedom to maintain their interests in the regimes and constitutions that govern them without interference from anybody...

School field trip cancelled among allegations of belonging to Muslim Brotherhood

The travelling group included five supervisors and thirty-two students. However, the students registered were arrested at the youth hostel in Marsa Matrouh while the five supervisors were detained in Matrouh Security Directorate...

Sheikh Askar asks: In the name of whom?

Mr Sayed Askar MP and member of the Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary Bloc, has condemned the failure of the Ministry of Endowment in managing the mosques it is responsible for, in addition to its of lack of Imams, Muezzins and workers...

There are Many Ways to Exploit Al-Qaeda’s Vulnerabilities

Obama’s much anticipated Cairo speech to the Muslim world will be carefully watched by tens of millions of people in the Middle East and beyond. From Morocco to Indonesia, Arabs and Muslims are hopeful that the new president will deliver on his promises to tackle the main root cause of terrorism: Occupation of Arab/Muslim land. ..

Appeal Court to Rule in MBs Military Tribunals’ Verdict July 12

In regards to the legal system concerning the release of the prisoners it is understood that they may be suitable for parole if they have completed three quarters of their sentence in good conduct and don’t pose as a threat to the regime. This defense was emphasized in the case of the six who filed eligibility for parole which included Eng. Ayman Abdul Ghani, a brother-in-law of Eng. Khairat Al-Shater who is the second deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB)...

Dismay Over US and Spanish Visas’ Rejection for Several Azhar Imams

Frustration, and general dissatisfaction was the overall mood among the circles of The Islamic Research Academy, Ministry of Endowments, and Al-Azhar University after the US Embassy refused issuing visas to four of the eighty Azhar preachers and Imams who were chosen by the Ministry of Endowments to celebrate the nights of the holy month of Ramadan in the United States, Ikhwanweb reported. ..

Six Muslim Brother Leaders Suffer from Health Conditions in Qena Prison

The detainees’ lawyer Mr Abdallah Khalil stated that he had submitted a request to the Attorney General of the North Qena Prosecution to speed up the transferring of the detainees from the prison. The prison is widely known over the country for its reputation of being unsuitable for humans where it poses threats on their overall health and wellbeing. ..

Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture and Dissent

We conducted a study of the Arabic language blogosphere using link analysis, term frequency analysis, and human coding of individual blogs. We identified a base network of approximately 35,000 active blogs, created a network map of the 6,000 most connected blogs, and with a team of Arabic speakers hand coded 4,000 blogs...

11 High ranking leaders Of the Muslim Brotherhood remain in custody for 15 days

The Attorney General of Qena’s Prosecution yesterday decided to place eleven of the MB highly ranked figures including the MB executive Bureau member Dr. Mahmoud Hussein into custody for fifteen days pending further investigations. All charges were in an administrative record No. 4016 for 2009, Naga Hammadi. The questioning recorded the abstention of the Muslim Brotherhood representatives as they regarded the charges very similar and repeated. ..

Statement of MB on the Fierce Security Attack on Leaders and Members of the Group

The Muslim Brotherhood movement wholeheartedly announces their adamant stance of continuing their missionary course despite the malice, injustice and violence perpetrated by wrong-doers. We will however, maintain our peaceful reformist method, no matter what the pressures are despite the constraints and restrictions placed. The Muslim Brotherhood emphasized that the plots and conspiracies of Zionists and those who seek alliance with the U.S. and Zionists will not deter them...

Free Gaza intends to launch its eighth sea trip to help Gaza people

The Free Gaza movement announced its intention to set sail on its eighth mission to break the unjust Israeli siege and mass punishment of 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, noting that head of the US green party Cynthia McKinney would participate in this voyage...

Bahar: Resistance will persist until Palestinian rights are realized

Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the acting speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, has asserted that Palestinians would continue to trek the resistance path until all the Palestinian people’s demands in restoring usurped rights are realized...

Farwana: IOA might liquidate Sadat

Ex-prisoner and specialist in prisoners’ affairs Abdul Nasser Farwana has warned that the Israeli occupation authority might liquidate the detained MP Ahmed Saadat, the secretary general of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine...

Red Cross slammed for calling on Hamas to let Shalit be in touch with his family

The ministry of prisoners’ affairs in Gaza expressed its dismay on Friday at the Red Cross for appealing to the Hamas Movement to allow Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit to write to and receive letters from his family regularly while there are hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who are deprived of their rights...

Ramahi: Political detention main block before national agreement

Hamas MP Dr. Mahmoud Al-Ramahi has said that political detention in the West Bank was the main stumbling block before reaching an agreement between Hamas and Fatah factions...

Liberated prisoner: Death threatening prisoner Amal Juma

Liberated prisoner Sumud Al-Qan drew the attention of all those concerned with the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation authority jails to the plight of prisoner Amal Juma who is suffering from cervical cancer...

Hamas: Mishaal’s speech will address different political issues

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum stated that the speech of Khaled Mishaal, the head of Hamas political bureau, due to be delivered on Saturday, would address different political issues and the Movement’s position toward them as well as its strategies in light of the regional and global changes...

Israeli media reveals abuse scenes against Palestinians

Different Israeli media outlets broadcast videotaped abuse scenes showing Israeli soldiers humiliating and maltreating Palestinian civilians. ..