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Tanta’s MB Shura Candidate, 15 in Al-Qalyubia Detained

Egyptian authorities detained on Monday evening Al Desouki Kolaib, the Muslim Brotherhood Shura election candidate for Tanta constituency and two of his supporters, engineer Adel Al Anani and sheikh Magdi

Tanta’s MB Candidate Released, More Detentions in Al Fayyum

Tanta prosecution released on Tuesday Al Desouki Kolaib, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate for the constituency of the city and district of Tanta, after arresting him on Monday while campaigning in

Bush criticizes jailing of Egypt’s most prominent dissident

U.S. President George W. Bush criticism of jailed dissidents during a speech Tuesday in the Czech Republic cast a spotlight on Egypt’s most prominent opposition prisoner whose wife recently accused

Egypt military trial of top Muslim Brotherhood members resumes

The military trial of 40 senior members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] resumed in Egypt Sunday, amid criticism

Dialogues of Companions

Dialogues of Companions, Brothers..(1) Revolutionaries, Reformers Is an uprising inevitable? Is changing the slogan “Islam is the Solution” a concession for the government or giving up a principle? Why do

Egypt, a vibrant land of contrasts and contradictions

Understand that what I shall relate in this series are my own observations, experiences and what I was told by people I encountered.

Egypt: Flawed Military Trials for Brotherhood Leaders

The Egyptian government on June 3 refused to allow human rights groups to observe the military trial of 33 leading members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, undercutting the government’s claims

Muslim success stories in America are an eye-opener

AFTER printing the new Pew Research centre report, "Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream", on my Samsung four-in-one laser printer/digital copier/laser fax/colour scanner, I buckled my four-year-old son into

Terrorist Campaign Against Hijab

Tunisian Regime  Openly Dishonors Muslim Women: Terrorist Campaign Against Hijab. On an almost daily basis there are horrific stories pouring out of Tunisia about how the state police are ripping

The Nazi rabbi

Shortly before Israeli occupation soldiers murdered  in cold blood two  Gaza children , who apparently were searching for scrap metal to sell for a few cents  in order to help