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International Rights Groups Condemn Iraqi Forces Raid of Camp Ashraf

Many human rights organizations have condemned the Iraqi government’s inhuman attack against residents of Camp Ashraf, leaving 35 dead, and more than 300 wounded with many are in critical condition.

MB offshoot in Bahrain double’s up efforts in poll run off

Bahrain's first round of elections held on Saturday has resulted in Bahrain's main Shia opposition group securing 18 out of 40 seats in the country's parliamentary elections in what was

Shia Group Holds Nearly Half the Seats in Round One of Bahrain Elections

Bahrain's first round of elections held on Saturday has resulted in Bahrain's main Shia opposition group securing 18 out of 40 seats in the country's parliamentary elections in what was

WILL HEZBOLLAH DEFEAT ISRAEL (AGAIN!) IN THE COMING WAR?

On a clear day you can see Akka, Palestine from my favorite Lebanese village, Maron al Ras, where more than a few analysts here conjecture that the next and 6th

The Salafists: the Latest in Islamist Politics

The Salafists are the most recent converts to Islamist political involvement. Some of them are even entering candidates for elections and considering voting, a political position for which they used

It’s All about Reconciliation

Tariq Ramadan is a public intellectual who has been a figure of both much praise and much condemnation, occasioned by controversial statements and positions that have cast him alternately as

The Muslim Brotherhood Facing Up To Iran

The London-based Iranian conference which raises the slogan of Islamic unity "will be nothing more than a means to communicate destructive sectarian ideas to Islamic countries that are not aware

A Different Perspective

Professor Wickham addressed an audience including both Midshipmen and USNA faculty members. She narrated her personal research experience in Middle East and especially Egypt.

Politics, Terrorism, and the Sunni Divide

Wahhabism and the Muslim Brotherhood are two distinct forms of Sunni Islamism. They have separate histories and separate worldviews. In reality they are not even the same type of movement.