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Terrorism Returns to Egypt, Will Sanity about Islamism Arrive in the West?

We see the beginnings of terrorist Islamist groups in Egypt again, with a government unable or unwilling to stop them… Continue reading

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Hating America and Rejecting Peace with Israel Portrayed as Virtuous

It’s fascinating to see not only the Middle East going backward but Western analysts and officials cheering on a return to even more war and terrorism… Continue reading

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Turkey: Two More Steps Toward Islamism

In Washington DC they are still ridiculing the idea that Turkey’s government is Islamist… Continue reading

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A Lebanese Town’s Dilemma Teaches about Islam, Freedom, and the Future of Europe

So consider the south Lebanese town of Hula… Continue reading

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The Ultimate “Arab Spring” Quote

Rania Rifaat is the ultimate secular-oriented, social media-using, Egyptian “Arab Spring” activist… Continue reading

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Iranian press voices criticism of Turkey over its stance towards Syrian regime

Iranian media have recently taken a critical stance on the change in Turkey’s policy towards Syria… Continue reading

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A Warning From Norway

Almost lost in official Washington’s preoccupation with the partisan slug-fest over raising the debt ceiling and reducing the deficit was the… 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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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood, Sensing Power, Now Opposes Protests as Zionist Plot

Here’s how revolutions — at least ultimately undemocratic ones — work… Continue reading

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Thinking About the Terrorist Murders in Norway

I don’t think this terrorist attack in Norway was a jihadist conspiracy nor is this guy a secret Islamist terrorist… 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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The Obama Administration’s “Mission Accomplished” Fallacy in the War on Terrorism

Leon Panetta, leaving the CIA directorship post to become secretary of defense, and General David Petraeus, leaving the job of commander… Continue reading

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Obama Era Updates Famous Charles Atlas, “97 Pound Weakling” Ad

A skinny guy and pretty young woman in a bikini are walking on the beach… Continue reading

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The Incredibly Significant Missing Element in Egypt’s Revolution

As I always say, the most important stories about the Middle East are right there on the surface but are nonetheless neglected… 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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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