Posted on Sat, February 19, 2011 at 00:16 am CET
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Egypt: Qaradawi Tries to Take Charge of the Revolution

Let history show that neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post reported on the return of the world’s single most important Islamic cleric to Cairo… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Fri, February 18, 2011 at 06:24 am CET
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Egypt Gets Its Khomeini: Qaradawi Returns in Triumph

Friday, February 18 may be a turning point in Egyptian history. On this day Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the best-known Muslim Brotherhood cleric in the world and… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Zionism • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Thu, February 17, 2011 at 17:54 pm CET
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Ex-Muslim Brotherhood Moderate Warns About…the Muslim Brotherhood

This is really interesting. All along we have been told that there is a moderate faction in the Muslim Brotherhood. And there… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Wed, February 16, 2011 at 03:19 am CET
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WikiLeaks: No Evidence of Iran’s Hand in Bahrain Simmering Unrest

The United States has repeatedly dismissed claims by the Bahraini government that Shia Muslim unrest in the Gulf island state is backed by Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Bahrain • Hezbollah • Iran • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • The Middle East • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Tue, February 15, 2011 at 21:40 pm CET
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What Next in Egypt? A Detailed Assessment

The Egyptian political situation has now entered a new phase. The first order of business is to write a new constitution, a process that should take months… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Tue, February 15, 2011 at 03:51 am CET
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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Khamenei Calls for Iran-style Islamic State

Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, have rejected calls by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for an Islamic Revolution similar to… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Iran • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Shi'ism 
Posted on Mon, February 14, 2011 at 18:28 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Egypt Not Cracking Down on Gaza Smuggling

ISA Director Diskin said the ISA had provided detailed information on smuggling networks, but the Egyptians had failed to take action… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Israel • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, February 14, 2011 at 16:48 pm CET
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Muslim Brotherhood: “Egypt Should Develop in All Spheres Like Iran and have a President Like Ahmadinejad”

Since the start of the Egyptian Januari 25 revolution leaders of Egypt’s primary opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, are being questioned about how… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Shia Islam • Taqiyya 
Posted on Mon, February 14, 2011 at 02:56 am CET
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Draft Party Platform of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood

In the late summer 2007, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood released its long-awaited platform for its ‘political party’ and distributed the first draft to a group of… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Sharia Law • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, February 13, 2011 at 02:03 am CET
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Egypt: The Reality of the Muslim Brotherhood

This analysis of the Muslim Brotherhood, written by Tarek Heggy, is one of the best written recently. This analysis might also reflect what Egypt’s… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Sharia Law • Taqiyya • The Middle East 
Posted on Sat, February 12, 2011 at 13:09 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Egypt’s Military Will Ensure Transfer of Power

NDP insider and former minister Dr. Ali El Deen Hilal Dessouki said Egyptian military and security services would ensure a smooth transfer of power, even to a civilian… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, February 11, 2011 at 22:47 pm CET
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The Coming Challenge to Democracy in the Middle East

Today, the Friends of Israel Initiative released its 3rd dispatch. In the dispatch they featured a nice piece about the challenges to democracy the Middle East will… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Jordan • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • Yemen 
Posted on Fri, February 11, 2011 at 18:55 pm CET
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Egypt: The Mubarak Resignation and Its Consequences

In a move that simultaneously caught the world by surprise and yet indicated the regime’s strategy, Egyptian President Husni Mubarak announced his resignation only… continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Fri, February 11, 2011 at 16:51 pm CET
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How Do We Know What Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Wants? Because It Tells Us!

In the scores of articles that have appeared about the Muslim Brotherhood, I have not seen scarcely a single one in a newspaper that suggests the group might cause some alarm… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Thu, February 10, 2011 at 17:44 pm CET
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Turkey and the Middle Eastern Revolts: Democracy or Islamism?

Turkey’s leaders have embraced the popular revolts in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Abdullah Gül publicly urging Egyptian… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Neo-Ottomanism • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, February 9, 2011 at 21:11 pm CET
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With Ludicrous Lies the Muslim Brotherhood Shows Its Contempt for the West

I’m fascinated by the op-ed in the New York Times by Tariq Ramadan. It is so amazingly false and puts forward such ludicrous claims that the whole thing seems to shout out… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, February 9, 2011 at 19:21 pm CET
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Expected Fallout From the Events in Egypt

The Palestinian media reported that since the Egyptian uprising began a significant number of the smuggling tunnels under the Egyptian-Gaza Strip border are… Continue reading

Topics: Army of Islam • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center 
Posted on Tue, February 8, 2011 at 11:12 am CET
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Islamic Jihadi Groups May Try to Exploit Egypt’s Turmoil

Exporting terrorism and subversion from the Gaza Strip: in our assessment terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip may exploit the recent events to increase… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Army of Islam • Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Islamism • Morocco • Salafism 
Posted on Tue, February 8, 2011 at 08:40 am CET
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ElBaradei: Israel Has No Peace Treaty with Egyptians

After the U.S. president [Obama] repeatedly called for Mubarak’s instant departure someone in Washington actually read Egypt’s constitution and discovered that… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Israel • Muslim Brotherhood • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, February 8, 2011 at 01:05 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Egypt’s Choice Not Just Between Authoritarian or Islamist Extremist Regime

We do not accept the proposition that Egypt’s only choices are a slow-to-reform authoritarian regime or an Islamist extremist one… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Tue, February 8, 2011 at 00:30 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Muslim Brotherhood’s Rise Signals the Need for Greater Democracy and Transparency in Egypt

The Egyptians have a long history of threatening us with the MB bogeyman. Your counterparts may try to suggest that the President’s insistence on greater democracy in Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, February 7, 2011 at 22:59 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Suleiman on Dangers Posed by Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

Also discussed were the implications of the Hamas victory in the Palestinian legislative elections, the proliferation of extremist ideologies, and the nebulous nature of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, February 7, 2011 at 19:30 pm CET
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Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Almost Never Tell the Truth

From Canada to the United Kingdom and far beyond, Muslim Brotherhood representatives are taking advantage of widespread sympathy and naivete to tell Westerners precisely what they want to hear… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • Canada • Eurabia • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Taqiyya 
Posted on Sun, February 6, 2011 at 21:56 pm CET
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Do Egyptians Want a Relatively Secular, Stable Democracy?

Here is the real issue: What do the masses want? Remember, it is the people of Egypt — especially in an election — that will determine the outcome, not just… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Eurabia • Global Islam • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Media 
Posted on Sat, February 5, 2011 at 04:17 am CET
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Muslim Brotherhood Leader Says Will End Peace Treaty With Israel

Over and over again we have been told that the Muslim Brotherhood is weak, moderate, and is not calling for ending the Egypt-Israel peace treaty. But now… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Islamism • Jew-Hatred • Muslim Brotherhood