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Cairo recently hosted a conference in support of terrorism. It was attended by Palestinian and Shi’ite terrorist organizations… Continue reading
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has explained repeatedly over the years that Israel has no Palestinian partner to negotiate with… Continue reading
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On June 16 Al-Qaeda announced that after a period of consultations, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri had been appointed as Osama bin Laden’s heir… Continue reading
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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There’s a remarkable exchange from a May 2009 presidential press conference that is extraordinarily revealing… Continue reading
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Sheikh Dr. Yusuf Abdallah al-Qaradawi is a central figure affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood… Continue reading
Muslim Brotherhood branches started emerging in the Arab world in the 1930s and 1940s… Continue reading
The Muslim Brotherhood emerged in Egypt as a fundamentally Egyptian Sunni-Muslim movement… Continue reading
Most Muslim Brotherhood leaders and senior activists belong to the middle or upper-middle class… Continue reading
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In its 83-year existence, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has become the largest socio-religious movement… Continue reading
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