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Why Are Liberals So Weak In Middle East? By Judith Apter Klinghoffer

Ms. Klinghoffer is senior associate scholar at the Political Science department at Rutgers University, Camden, and the author of Vietnam, Jews and the Middle East. She is also an HNN

Muslim Brotherhood Wins Big In Egypt Elections

Muslim Brotherhood Wins Big In Egypt Elections Damanhur, Egypt (AHN) - According to partial results announced Monday, the Muslim Brotherhood has won at least eight seats in the second round

THE RISE OF “MUSLIM DEMOCRACY”

>A specter is haunting the Muslim world. This particular specter is notthe malign and much-discussed spirit of fundamentalist extremism, noryet the phantom hope known as liberal Islam. Instead, the specter

Egypt Copts sound alarm over Islamist advance

Egypt’s Christian Coptic minority voiced concern over the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood Monday, after the still illegal Islamist opposition group made impressive gains in parliamentary elections.

Egypt’s Islamists claim more seats

 CAIRO & ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood claimed Monday to have won another 13 seats in the second round of parliamentary elections, continuing its surge after securing a record

Romance in Egypt is over

Romance in Egypt is over ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Police arrested 400 Muslim Brotherhood activists in a crackdown on the Islamist group which poses the strongest challenge to the ruling

Egypt arrests 450 opposition members

Egypt arrests 450 opposition members ALEXANDRIA — Police arrested over 450 opposition activists in a crackdown on a group which poses the strongest challenge to the ruling party in Egyptian

Backlash against the Ikhwan

Backlash against the Ikhwan Filed under: Egypt

NDP Loses Big to Muslim Brothers in 2nd Round

NDP Loses Big to Muslim Brothers in 2nd Round  The transparent electoral boxes did not stop fraud and rigging claims.  By Hamdy Al Husseini, IOL Correspondent CAIRO, November 22, 2005

Review of the Egyption press about Elections

Review of the Egyption press about Elections Egypt’s opposition al-Wafd daily reported Monday unregistered "mentally handicapped" voters cast their ballots in the country’s second round of legislative elections. The liberal paper,