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Iran: the fight for the veil

Former top advisor to President Ahmadinejad said in an interview that the chador (the long veil used in Iran) is inappropriate for Iranian women… Continue reading

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Mubarak Deceived Israel as Muhammad Deceived Infidels?

In light of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s ongoing trial, Western readers may be surprised to learn who some of… Continue reading

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Obama Suggests The Biggest Domestic Terrorist Threat Is Not Islamism But Right-Wing Americans?

President Barack Obama informs us, as the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, that his biggest fear is not radical Islamist terrorism… Continue reading

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A Guide to the Galaxy of Islamic Anti-Semitism

It is a truism that anti-Semitism is an extremely prevalent phenomenon in the Muslim world today… Continue reading

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The Big Split in the Revolutionary Islamist Movement: Sunni and Shia Blocs Emerge

A development of huge importance is happening in the Middle East, equivalent perhaps to the… Continue reading

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Egypt: Why Are Christian Girls Converting to Islam?

Few things in Islam are as liable to provoke passion and violence as the issue of conversion… Continue reading

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Belgian Burqa Ban Takes Effect – Who’s Next?

Opponents of the burqa and niqab had reason to celebrate on July 23 as Belgium became the second Western country to… Continue reading

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A French Intifada

A process described by some as the Islamization of Europe, by others as the failure of Europeans to integrate Muslim immigrants… Continue reading

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Are Judaism and Christianity as Violent as Islam?

There is far more violence in the Bible than in the Qur’an; the idea that Islam imposed itself by the sword is a Western fiction… Continue reading

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Norway Terror Attack: Lessons and Illusions

Once one gets beyond the polemics and clichés, there is a huge amount that could be learned from an honest discussion about the mass murders in Norway… Continue reading

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Muslim Brotherhood: “Impose Islam… Step by Step”

Things are looking good for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the grandfather of all Islamist groups… Continue reading

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Casual Hate: The Subtle Side of Christian Persecution

Earlier this month I participated in Coptic Solidarity’s Second Annual Conference in Washington D.C… Continue reading

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Obama Extends Hand; America’s Enemies Extend Fist

There’s a remarkable exchange from a May 2009 presidential press conference that is extraordinarily revealing… Continue reading

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The Mediterranean Sea and Its Relationship to Cyprus: A Study of a Mediterranean Island to the Ottoman Empire

The Mediterranean islands, particularly Cyprus, proved invaluable to the expansion for the Ottoman Empire… Continue reading

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Islamic jihadist organizations in Egypt ideologically originating in the Muslim Brotherhood

From the 1970s to the late 1990s, militant Islamic groups in Egypt posed the greatest challenge to the regime in terms of internal security… Continue reading

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A profile of Sheikh Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Sheikh Dr. Yusuf Abdallah al-Qaradawi is a central figure affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood… Continue reading

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The Muslim Brotherhood in other Arab countries and in Europe

Muslim Brotherhood branches started emerging in the Arab world in the 1930s and 1940s… Continue reading

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The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s ties to its branches in Middle Eastern and Western countries

The Muslim Brotherhood emerged in Egypt as a fundamentally Egyptian Sunni-Muslim movement… Continue reading

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Profiles of prominent Muslim Brotherhood figures in Egypt

Most Muslim Brotherhood leaders and senior activists belong to the middle or upper-middle class… Continue reading

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The development of political discourse in the Muslim Brotherhood and the 2007 election platform

The changing economic, social, and political reality in Egypt, and the movement’s increasing integration into the local political system… Continue reading

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The Muslim Brotherhood’s stance on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

The Muslim Brotherhood’s stance on the existence of the State of Israel is dictated by its fundamental ideological principles… Continue reading

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The Muslim Brotherhood’s struggle against the various Egyptian regimes and other challenges facing it

In its 83-year existence, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has become the largest socio-religious movement… Continue reading

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The structure and funding sources of the Muslim Brotherhood

The Muslim Brotherhood has been outlawed in Egypt since the 1950s. Consequently, it has created an organizational structure designed to… Continue reading

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The Muslim Brotherhood’s education, preaching, and social activity

The Muslim Brotherhood emerged first and foremost as a movement that embodies an Islamic mission whose goal is… Continue reading

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The ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood

Since its very beginning, the Muslim Brotherhood was based on ideological foundations that first emerged as a result of… Continue reading