Foolish Suspicion of Political Islam
As Arab countries and especially Egypt continue to struggle their way into a new and hopefully
Category: About MB
The Brotherhood and America Part Six
“Fear” is a key word when considering the future of the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the US. This multifaceted fear can be explained for a number of reasons.
Sep 17, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Egyptian Muslim Sisterhood and a new historic testimony
Through the lens of the life testimony of Fatemah Abdel-Hadi, one of the founders of the Muslim Sisterhood, a remarkable glimpse is possible into historic shifts that defined Egypt’s modern political history
Sep 16, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Brotherhood and America Part Five
The American invasion of Iraq led to a significant deterioration in the relationship between the United States and the Muslim Brotherhood organizations. Many Muslim Brotherhood members had frozen or restricted their contact with American officials
Sep 15, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Brotherhood and America Part Four
There are at least two levels of relations between the various Islamic organizations in the region; the first is on the level of ‘coordination of ideologies and positions’, and the second is the ‘coordination on an organizational, operational and financial’ level.
Sep 14, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Brotherhood and America Part Three
The General Statute of the international organization of the MB, which was ratified on July 29 1982, emphasized that security, political and financial constriction upon country-based organizations affiliated to the MB is an incentive for the organization to endorse international cooperation.
Sep 13, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Brotherhood and America Part Two
The main question is: do the rules of the game allow for the equal participation of concerned parties, Islamists and secularists, liberals and leftists?
Sep 13, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Brotherhood and America Part One
There are three major events that have shaped the Western world’s knowledge of political Islam; namely, the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the 1981 assassination of the late Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat and the 9/11 attacks.
Sep 12, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Muslim Brotherhood: Structure & Spread
Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is one of the most important Islamic movements in the Arab world and the Muslim world. It represents a broad and distinguished trend within modern Islamic thought.
Aug 21, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
What Does the U.S. Want to Talk to the Brotherhood About?
To cut through the hype, it’s helpful to review the actual record of U.S.-Brotherhood contacts since the movement’s reemergence in Egypt in the 1970s. Until the 1990s, U.S. diplomats did not go out of their way to avoid Brotherhood members…
Aug 09, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Fighting terrorism requires more than just killing Bin Laden
The killing of Osama Ben Laden might help to put a closure for the thousands of families who lost their loved ones to al Qaeda, and represents a major symbolic victory for governments waging the so called “War on Terror”.
May 03, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
PBS FRONTLINE: Revolution In Cairo, The Brotherhood
Now that the Muslim Brotherhood stands to take a prominent place at the negotiating table, we examine what the group believes and how it may influence politics in the country and the region.
Feb 25, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Why Is it Impossible to Call it “Islamic”?
t is the first protest in the history of Egypt that gathers every color of the political spectrum for one goal: the departure of Mubarak and his regime.
Feb 21, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
Meet Radical Islam’s Tech Guru
Despite getting trounced in the most recent election, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Web geeks are transforming Egypt’s Islamist group from a shadowy organization with power bases in mosques and charities into a media-savvy machine.
Dec 29, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
BBC On Ikhwanophobia.com: MB is Fighting Back
Ikhwanophobia.com highlights articles and statements by prominent Western media and political figures that are critical of the Brotherhood and Islam.
Sep 08, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Media: BBC Documanetary; The Brotherhood ep. 1
This is a 22 minutes documentary on Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Magdi Abdelhadi made this series of reports for BBC.
Aug 18, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Commentary: Muslim Brotherhood And Democracy
The Muslim Brotherhood has united in solidarity with journalists who were referred to courts because of their opinions. They have also supported the arrested Bloggers and victims of free speech.
Jul 16, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Ikhwanweb Archive: Truth About the Global Muslim Brotherhood
There is no “global network” for the Muslim Brotherhood, but rather coordination among the different MB chapters in various countries, in which the MB has formal presence or representation, which clearly does not apply to the U.S.
Jul 04, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Muslim Brotherhood And Democracy in Egypt
The Islamic Trend in Egypt, the Arab community, and the Islamic world as a whole is an expanded one that works on large scales; it is now undoubtedly clear that it has a wide base of supporters.
Jun 21, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
The Role of Muslim Women in an Islamic Society
We completely reject the way that western society has almost completely stripped women of their morality and chastity. These ideals are built upon a philosophy which is in contradiction to the Shari’ah and its morals and values.
Jun 21, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Commentary: MB and Democracy, Mutually Exclusive?
Latest events in the Middle East, particularly Egypt following the January 25 revolution, have proven that the conservative Muslim Brotherhood is the true pro-democracy advocate, compared to liberal groups which ironically behaved so undemocratically after the fall of the regime.