Posted on Thu, February 23, 2012 at 23:20 pm CET
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Is Egypt about to Elect an Islamist President?

Registering to run for president of Egypt will begin March 10. The military moved it up from April 15 to show that it is handing over power to the civilians… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics 
Posted on Mon, February 20, 2012 at 19:19 pm CET
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A New Year of ‘Dhimmitude’ for Egypt’s Copts

2012 appears to be unfolding as the “year of dhimmitude” for Egypt’s Christians… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Christianism • Copts • Egypt • Human Rights • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Salafism 
Posted on Fri, February 10, 2012 at 00:07 am CET
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Arab Liberals Lament: Here’s How the Muslim Brotherhood is Fooling the West

Since we can’t get good coverage of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the Western media, it’s necessary to turn to the Islamists’ intended victims — Arab liberals — to get a better picture… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • The Media 
Posted on Wed, January 25, 2012 at 16:51 pm CET
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America and the Arab Spring

A year ago this week, on January 25, 2011, the ground began to crumble under then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s feet… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights • Iraq • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Israel • Jordan • Libya War • Muslim Brotherhood • Salafism • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy • Yemen 
Posted on Mon, January 23, 2012 at 16:37 pm CET
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Islamist Parties Dominate Egypt’s Parliament

We’re starting to get a good picture of what the lower house of Egypt’s parliament will be like… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Salafism 
Posted on Wed, January 18, 2012 at 19:56 pm CET
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Israel’s Options as Muslim Brotherhood Gains Power

The political history of the modern Middle East can easily be divided into three eras… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Israel • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Security and Defense 
Posted on Mon, January 16, 2012 at 19:33 pm CET
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Ex-Muslim Sister gives insight into Brothers’s Subjugation, Discrimination of Women and Polygamy

In a time when Western intellectuals, politicians, and journalists are trying to explain that the Muslim Brotherhood isn’t a radical Islamist group… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Culture • Democracy • Egypt • Feminism • Global Islam • History • Human Rights • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • The Media 
Posted on Sat, January 14, 2012 at 15:20 pm CET
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Egypt: If Tourists Can Wear Bikinis But Local Women Must Wear Chadors Does That Prove the Muslim Brotherhood is Moderate?

What if a democratically elected government decides to enforce such a system in a law legally passed by a democratically elected government? I guess that’s just democracy in action… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Feminism • Human Rights • Islamic Fundamentalism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Thu, January 12, 2012 at 20:44 pm CET
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Friedman Cheers as Egyptians Are Enslaved

Many in the West have so acted toward Egypt during the last year… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Sharia Law 
Posted on Sun, January 8, 2012 at 21:24 pm CET
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Such a “Great” Idea It Can Now Be Proclaimed But Not Criticized: Obama Supports the Muslim Brotherhood

The Obama Administration, as I’ve written for the last year, is favoring radical Islamist forces… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • The Media • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, January 6, 2012 at 16:47 pm CET
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Hamas Chief: “Islamic Spring”; Brotherhood Chief: Caliphate Soon; Western Media: Islamists Moderate, Israel Bad

A 27-year-old American-Israeli law school student decides he’s going to go to Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Islamism • Media Bias • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Tue, January 3, 2012 at 14:07 pm CET
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Hamas Openly Joins Muslim Brotherhood; Muslim Brotherhood Openly Joins Hamas’s War on Israel

Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group which rules the Gaza Strip and… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Egypt • Hamas • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Mon, January 2, 2012 at 19:36 pm CET
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The Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab World and Islamic Communities in Western Europe

This study examines the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and other Arab countries in the wake of the past year’s regional uprisings… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Europe • Islamic Countries • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Fri, December 16, 2011 at 19:46 pm CET
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Who’s the Leading Authority in Defining Islam? Ayatollah Western Media

The Washington Post has an article by Michael Gerson attacking Newt Gingrich’s warning that the imposition of Sharia law… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Salafism • Sharia Law • The Media • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, December 13, 2011 at 20:47 pm CET
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Middle East: We’re Going to Have a Revolution and We Can Do it the Hard Way or the Easy Way

Do I have to draw you a picture of how Islamism is just pretending to be moderate… Continue reading

Topics: Communism • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Salafism • Slavery in Islam • Sunni Islam • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, December 12, 2011 at 17:54 pm CET
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Make Way for the Muslim Brotherhood International

It’s time for the Fifth Internationale, that of the Muslim Brotherhoods… Continue reading

Topics: Communism • Egypt • Hamas • Islamism • Jordan • Libya • Muslim Brotherhood • Qatar • Syria • Tunisia • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, December 1, 2011 at 22:52 pm CET
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Hope and Change in Egypt; Naiveté and Wishful Thinking in the West

There are three arguments supporting this policy that are worth discussing in large part because… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics 
Posted on Thu, December 1, 2011 at 00:11 am CET
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Egyptian Election Outcome is Worse Than Expected

Since last February I have predicted that the Muslim Brotherhood would win elections in Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Salafism 
Posted on Mon, November 28, 2011 at 02:22 am CET
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Egyptian Moderates Throw Themselves to the Wolves

On the eve of the Egyptian election, I’m really disgusted with the collapse of the moderate forces… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics 
Posted on Sun, November 27, 2011 at 01:17 am CET
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Egypt: How to Tell Who is a “Moderate Islamist”

The Muslim Brotherhood held a rally at Cairo’s most important mosque… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Jew-Hatred • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Fri, November 25, 2011 at 20:42 pm CET
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What Do Totalitarians Do When They Gain Power Democratically?

These politicians know precisely what they want to do… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Religion • The Middle East 
Posted on Thu, November 24, 2011 at 01:13 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Next Steps for Advancing Democracy in Egypt

At the time of the Bush administration… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, November 23, 2011 at 19:48 pm CET
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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Versus Army: Disastrous Elections or Bloody Civil War?

Only days before parliamentary elections, Egypt is in a huge crisis whose outcome will determine the future of almost… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Muslim Brotherhood • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, November 22, 2011 at 23:36 pm CET
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Cairo Riots: Military Junta and Muslim Brothers Alliance?

The riots in Cairo and other Egyptian cities do not count as the country’s second revolution this year… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Sun, November 20, 2011 at 16:57 pm CET
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Brothers in Arms: The Muslim Brotherhood Takes Over the (Sunni) Arab World

On November 28, Egyptians will vote for a parliament which will also write the country’s new constitution… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Sunni Islam • Syria • Tunisia • U.S. Middle East Policy