Posted on Fri, December 14, 2012 at 22:18 pm CET
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Why Islamists Always Win “Fair” Elections

How politics work in the Arabic-speaking world today… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Religion 
Posted on Fri, December 14, 2012 at 21:39 pm CET
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Analyzing Egypt

Whatever the outcome from the upcoming referendum to begin on Saturday in Egypt for the draft constitution, the superior position of the Islamist factions is unlikely to be overthrown in the near future… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Economy • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Mon, December 3, 2012 at 23:49 pm CET
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Egypt’s New Constitution: Laying the Basis for an Islamist, Sharia State

Egypt’s population will be given two weeks to consider the Constitution, which has 236 articles, that will govern their lives for decades to come… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Human Rights • International Law • Islamism • Politics • Sharia Law • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Tue, September 27, 2011 at 00:01 am CEST
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FM Taïb Fassi Fihri Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

The Arab world is witnessing profound events and transformations… Continue reading

Topics: Morocco • United Nations 
Posted on Thu, June 16, 2011 at 22:04 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Urbanization: The Secret Behind AKP’s Third Consecutive Electoral Success

At 12 June’s general election, Turkey’s governing Justice and Development party (AKP) pulled off a rare political hat trick… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Islamism • Kurdish People • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, June 14, 2011 at 21:56 pm CEST
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Turkish Election: Voter Fraud?

Daniel Pipes wrote an article asking if the June 2011 election would be the last free and fair election in Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: Turkey 
Posted on Sun, March 20, 2011 at 13:07 pm CET
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ElBaradei Stoned and Shoed: The Truth in Egypt Starts Coming Out

I want to call your attention to the event, discussed in this article, in which hundreds of Brotherhood supporters attacked presidential candidate Muhammad ElBaradei… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Zionism • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Thu, March 17, 2011 at 21:52 pm CET
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Egyptian Politics Get Dangerously Messy

The issue now is a March 19 referendum on the constitutional changes proposed by a small army-appointed panel. The panel was… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Mon, January 17, 2011 at 00:57 am CET
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Concerns in Iran over South Sudan Referendum

This week, Iran’s conservative press expressed dissatisfaction with and concern over the referendum held in Sudan, in which the African residents of southern Sudan will decide if they… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Sudan 
Posted on Mon, September 27, 2010 at 01:42 am CEST
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Turkey’s Referendum Doesn’t Mean Popular Support for a Regime Aligning With Iran

It is true that the passage of the referendum in Turkey with 58 percent of the vote can be seen as a victory for the AKP regime. But that point shouldn’t be exaggerated. The bad feature of the reforms–in terms of consolidating the Islamist government’s power–is to strengthen the regime’s control over the courts and to… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Turkey