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’We take nobody’s permission’

’We take nobody’s permission’The Muslim Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide Mohamed Mahdi Akef tells Amira Howeidy the group will not change tactics, and does not trust the US "So do you refer

Brotherhood’s Representative Visits a Church

On Sunday, the Muslim Brotherhood’s representative of Ashmon City, Ashraf Bader el-Dean, paid a visit to Ashmon Coptic Orthodox Church where he met public Coptic figures along with the church

ISRAEL WORRIED OVER ISLAMIC POWER IN EGYPT

Israel has become concerned over the rising power of the Islamic opposition in Egypt. Israeli officials have concluded that the gains achieved by the Muslim Brotherhood in parliamentary elections in

Pharmacists Stage Sit-in to Demand the Release of their Detained Colleges

On Tuesday, 70 of Egyptian pharmacists staged an open sit-in in the headquarters of el-Dakahlya syndicate in solidarity with their colleagues that were put under arrest in the course of

Saving Egypt from Mubarak

THE NEWS from Egypt this week was more of the same: On Wednesday, the final, chaotic day of nationwide parliamentary elections, police shot rubber bullets and tear gas at crowds

ISLAM CAN VOTE, IF WE LET IT

IN last month’s Saudi Arabian municipal elections, the nation’s first experiment in real democracy, many were worried because Islamic activists dominated their secular rivals. Indeed, we have seen a similar