Tag: "Egypt"
May 06, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
British Colonial Policies in the Arab Region: Sowing the Seeds of Contemporary Middle Eastern Security Sectors?
Arab security sectors across the Middle East today appear to share a number of generally negative characteristics, including the use of coercion and of the military to control internal dissent,
Apr 28, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
U.S. Attitudes Toward Egypt (2012)
JZ Analytics was commissioned by New York University (Abu Dhabi) to conduct an online
Feb 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Foolish Suspicion of Political Islam
As Arab countries and especially Egypt continue to struggle their way into a new and hopefully
Feb 06, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Interview: ‘West cannot understand Middle East, Turkey only through prism of Islam’
We have mainstream Islamist movements related to the Muslim Brotherhood that clearly renounced violence some 20 years ago as a means of political struggle.
Sep 25, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Muslim Brotherhood is not a threat
The contradiction between the United States’ official stance and its actual goals only lead to two conclusions: first, the United States is not actually concerned with spreading democracy, using it as a public relations tool….
Sep 24, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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
COVERING-UP, UNCOVERED: The Veil’s Revival
She also emphasizes that the Muslim Brotherhood in particular has a long-standing commitment to social justice, including provision of education and medical treatment to the poor …
Aug 23, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Muslim Brotherhood Can Be a Moderate Voice in Islamist Politics
If Egypt’s Islamists are able to successfully reconcile Islam and democracy, it would discredit extremist groups who rely on violence, and not the political process, to achieve their goals.
Aug 22, 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
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.
Aug 20, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Tariq Alhomayed: Do the Egyptians trust the Muslim Brotherhood?
Of course, the Muslim Brotherhood’s rejection of the constitutional principles means that they have fallen into the trap they had set for the young people and other civil political forces.
Aug 17, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Islamic Evolution
Although the Brotherhood isn’t new to parliamentary democracy, said Bayanouni, citing the group’s participation in Syria’s 1961 elections, the AKP has provided it with a blueprint for reform.
Aug 13, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The dangers of secularism in the Middle East
Amid Arab Spring unrest, Western analysts tout secularism, fearing the rise of Islamists in the Middle East. But stability will come from including, rather than excluding, religious groups in politics.
Aug 11, 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
Commentary: The real threat in Egypt: Delayed democracy
No one in Egypt is talking about demolishing the peace treaty with Israel, even the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood is standing against the Israeli violations against humanity.