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From Secularism to Jihad: Sayyid Qutb and the Foundations of Radical Islamism

From Secularism to Jihad: Sayyid Qutb and the Foundations of Radical Islamism by Adnan Musallam - a review by Alastair Crooke, Journal of Islamic Studies (Vol 18, Number 3), Oxford

Jittery Egypt renews government crackdown on dissent

Some 40 Brotherhood members, including a top leader, are on trial in a military court on charges including terrorism and money laundering in proceedings rights groups including Amnesty International have

The International Religious Freedom Report Part 5: The Muslim Brotherhood

The most hilarious part in his interview was when he said that if we compare between rights given to our Coptic brothers in Egypt, with rights given to Muslims in

Hamdan: No Relation between Hamas, HLF

Osama Hamdan, Hamas movement representative in Lebanon , confirmed that there is no organizational or institutional relation between the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas and the US Holy Land Foundation(HLF).

Labor Strikes Back to Egypt

withdrawing confidence from the union committee that- they see- doesn’t represent them or expresses their demands, and increasing their wages and salaries to be in line with price hikes .

Tunisia’s tiny free-speech steps

That sentiment can make it difficult for those who work with the US. "We are facing a lot of problems because we are working with MEPI,

Islamism Goes Mainstream

When I went to Ramadan’s event in the Palazzo d’Arco, I had just finished reading Osama Bin Laden’s latest anniversary prose-poem. Here, too, are signs of an act being cleaned

Investor confidence and the succession issue in Egypt

“Foreign investment really has to do with the stability of the country,” said Arsene Aka, analyst with Global Insight. Although he found the central bank’s readiness to put a figure

Applying Shariah

Understanding Shariah as such contributes to clearing a lot of misconceptions shared by intellectuals, journalists, policy makers and the public alike in different corners of the world.