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Luxor Prosecution Imprisons an Officer For Assaulting Judges

The Upper Egypt Luxor prosecution ordered on Wednesday September 24 the imprisonment of a lieutenant officer pending investigations on charges of assaulting judiciary member.

Security Assaults Al-Jazeerah Students With Electric Sticks, Detains Al-Dostour Reporter

Students of Al-Jazeerah Islamic school were severely attacked by the security forces using electric sticks against the students and their families who complained of pulling out their headscarves.

In Ramadan, Children of Jailed MB Leaders Still Hopeful

Anas had hoped to perform i’tikaf last Ramadan in the mosque, but he couldn’t, as a visit to the prison of Tora in addition to a court session in the

The Hypocrisy of (some) Arab Liberals

It’s strange that they have waited this long to fight for "a better Jordan." While nonviolent Islamist groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, were being repressed by the government, we did

Democracy assistance still on the agenda

In this respect at least, public opinion seems to chime with the positions of both presidential campaigns. As president of the International Republican Institute, John McCain has long been committed

“I am a Witness to the Changes in Islam”

Leading Islamic reformist and literary scholar, Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid, believes that individual freedom is an essential prerequisite to faith. Everyone, therefore, also has the right to convert to another

The smiling oppressor

A large photo of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali smiled assuredly from the whitewashed façade of Sfax Prison, where Slim Boukhdhir was serving a one-year jail term. Officially, the

The crunch hits Cairo

The world is just emerging from a week of financial turmoil which has dissolved old certainties about the economic system structuring our lives. Yet despite the fact that

State Security Officer Abducts Sheikh From A Mosque

A police officer at Al-Hamoul city in Kafr El-Sheikh abducted Sheikh Farag Abbad from the Awqaf (endowments) meeting amid accusations for state security apparatus of violating religious freedoms and Muslim’s