Ikhwanweb :: The Muslim Brotherhood Official English Website

Elections: why bother?

The presidential elections campaign has started, albeit unofficially. As President Hosni Mubarak toured various projects in the south and north of the country, he called on other parties to get ready for the elections...

A brave voice

It was brave of Georgette Qillini to challenge the worn-out practices of the National Democratic Party (NDP) during the debate on Nagaa Hammadi. Despite attempts by the NDP majority to shut her up, Qillini held her ground, proving to us all that there are women in public work who are still willing to stand up and be counted...

Polling pretence

Reporting on the recent Iranian elections, Egyptian media said that the outcome was decided beforehand, noting that the Guardian Council had banned many candidates because of their political views. In other words, the Iranian elections were flawed because opponents were excluded from the race...

Wrongly accused?

Egyptian parliamentarians lashed out at Europe for questioning our human rights record. Representatives from both houses of parliament took to the floor to denounce Europe for stepping on our toes. That the European Parliament was addressing a real problem didn’t seem to matter. The fact that perhaps we need to come clean didn’t occur to anyone. Only the venting of anger mattered. Europe and America had no right to get on our case, our officials said. ..

Logic of extremes

The labour crisis in Mahala textile factories ended in the simplest of ways, with no need for internal or external mediation. Once the company conceded to worker demands, which it had earlier rejected,.....

Free at last!

Suddenly, the government has changed its position on the banned Muslim Brotherhood (MB). The MB’s new legal status is not entirely clear, but the group is allowed to speak and campaign with little fear of harassment or imprisonment. Senior government officials speak about the MB in a new tone. The MB is said to have interceded in Alexandria to calm things down after the recent..