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The Islamist Response to Repression: Are Mainstream Islamist Groups Radicalizing?

Today, some of the Middle East’s most prominent Islamist groups are in a state of crisis, racked by internal divisions and struggling to respond to regime repression. With key U.S.

ElBaradei: You cannot simply ignore a group such as the MB with their nationwide support

The Noble Peace prize Laureate ascertained that the Muslim Brotherhood represented a peaceful, moderate outlook on life calling for a civil state based on Islamic values.

Egypt: 4 MB arrests as nomination for Shura council approaches

State Security raided the houses of four prominent Muslim Brotherhood leaders early Sunday. Come elections, arrest campaigns appear to be the only language understood by the ruling regime.

Survival is not enough

For the first time since it was founded 80 years ago the Egyptian MB became embroiled in a dispute over the election of a new supreme guide.

HAMAS: Friend or Foe in the Fight Against Terrorism

Due to the significance that Palestine has assumed in the Islamic discourse for more than half a century, AQ has used Palestine to be at the heart of its propaganda

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: Opposite effects

The recent arrest of several Muslim Brotherhood leaders came as no surprise. In fact many had been expecting the move for weeks. What did raise eyebrows was the charge sheet,

Muslim Brotherhood is young at heart.

The recent ascension of Mohamed Badie as the eighth supreme leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood group has been met with widespread frustration among the movement's reform-minded younger generation.

How to Revive Obama’s Middle East Policy? Some Responses.

In the article, I criticized the Obama administration for cutting assistance to Egyptian NGOs. As I argue toward the end of the piece, civil society assistance has too often been

Crackdown against Islamists could backfire

Egypt's latest crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's most potent opposition group, in the run-up to 2010 parliamentary elections has raised fears the moderates who have dominated the secretive

The Moderate Muslim Brotherhood

The Muslim Brotherhood is the worldsoldest,largest,and most influential Islamist organization. It is also the most controversial, condemned by both conventional opinion in the West and radical opinion in the Middle