Date of source: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
The morning of elections, I marveled at the political acumen of the Muslim Brotherhood. By afternoon, I was disappointed.
At polling stations across Egypt the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party volunteers manned tables equipped with laptop computers and logged into the voter registration...
Date of source: Saturday, December 3, 2011
I’ve never thought for a single moment on January 28, 2011, known as the Friday of Anger, while I was marching with hundreds of thousands others screaming at the top of our lungs “Down with Mubārak!” that I was only paving the way for Islamists to make it to the corridors of power.
Date of source: Monday, November 14, 2011
A primary accusation against the Muslim Brotherhood is that it is two-faced in its politics. Within Arab contexts the organization, it is said, promotes a radical Islamist agenda, yet when addressing Western audiences its discourse becomes more moderate. A comprehensive answer to this charge is not...
Date of source: Monday, November 14, 2011
Who are the Muslim Brotherhood, and what do they represent? Having thousands of members means that many people are able to speak as representatives, whether they are qualified or designated to do so or not. Yet if one relies only on an official spokesman, it is difficult to know if the comments are...
Date of source: Monday, November 14, 2011
This is the very question many people are asking about the Muslim Brotherhood following the Egyptian Revolution of January 25, 2011. While the world was enthralled by a peaceful youth movement to overthrow a corrupt regime, many feared then, and more fear now, that the aftermath will result in...
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, Azhar's Grand Shaykh, met with a group of intellectuals, thinkers, representatives of Islamic movements and Muslim Brotherhood (MB) to study an 'Arab Spring' document that calls on Arab rulers to listen to their people. This document will be an extension of the Azhar's document...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Sources from inside the democratic alliance have revealed candidates from the Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) are currently dominating the preliminary list formed by the electoral coordination committee.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) concluded a closed conference by warning the ruling military council against issuing general constitutional principles, and against preventing elected lawmakers from choosing the constituent assembly that will draft the new constitution.
"The...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Dozens of members from the Muslim Brotherhood group (MB) [and other Islamic movements] gathered in the VIP lounge at the Egyptian Airport on Monday (September 12, 2011) to welcome Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish prime minister, during his first visit to Egypt after the revolution.
Date of source: Monday, September 12, 2011
Informed sources report a growing rift between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) over the military council's alleged intention to appoint the members of the constituent assembly tasked with drafting the new constitution after the parliamentary elections.