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DECODING EGYPT: EGYPT AFTER MUBARAK

Egypt is politically at a crossroads, and it is important to attempt to look ahead and predict the most plausible forms of regime in the post-Mubarak era.

Oppression extinguished Tunisia’s light

After its independence in 1956, Tunisia was considered in several western capitals to be one of the most serious candidates for democracy. Its first president, Habib Bourguiba, invested far more

What 1.3 Billion Muslims Really Think: An Answer to a Recent Gallup Study, Based on

This book is based on the quantitative, multivariate analysis of the World Values Survey data from more than 80 countries around the globe on the political and social values of

U.S. Muslims to Ask Iranian President for Release of Hikers

Representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), along with other national Muslim leaders, will meet Thursday with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to seek the release of three American hikers

Egypt: Blogging Farouk Hosni’s Defeat

Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Hosni has kept bloggers busy over the previous few days. His failed bid to secure a seat at the helm of the United Nations Educational, Scientific,

Mishaal in Cairo next Sunday

The political bureau chairman of the Hamas Movement, Khaled Mishaal, is expected to visit Cairo next Sunday at the head of a senior delegation to discuss with the Egyptian leadership

Sarraj calls on Obama to implement what he called for in his Cairo speech

In a letter to President Barak Obama on Wednesday, Dr. Eyad al-Sarraj, President of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, called on Obama to uphold the rule of law and

Physical evidence of torture in Egypt’s police station police as described by victim.

Ghannam Said Mahmoud, a teacher and member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Al-Arish, revealed details of the assaults and torture committed against him by members of the State Security services

Islam and democracy: They can work together

Canadian political scientist Nader Hashemi travels through history to make his points about the Islam of today

What is New about Al-Qaradawi’s Jihad?

This paper owes its importance to the position of the figure whose views on this crucial concept it attempts to present - that is Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who occupies an