Date of source: Friday, January 20, 2006
Nearly 453 Muslim Brotherhood activists, detained during the recent parliamentary elections, were released yesterday, an official source told al-Hayāt. Meanwhile, the United States has recently decided to break off negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement with Egypt, arguing that Egypt has slowed...
Date of source: Sunday, January 22, 2006
The writer presents a Copt’s perspective on the success of the Muslim Brotherhood in the 2005 elections and points out that electoral programs are supposed to be announced before the elections, something that the Muslim Brotherhood failed to do.
Date of source: Sunday, January 22, 2006
The authors harshly criticize the Muslim Brotherhood’s attitudes towards women and Copts.
Date of source: Friday, January 20, 2006
The author argues that Islamic history, despite all its high-sounding slogans, is teeming with assaults on women’s freedoms and rights, guaranteed by virtue of Islamic law.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 11, 2006
In an interview with Ākhir Sā‘a, Muslim thinker Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā has dismissed the possibility of having a religious state in Egypt for a number reasons.
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2006
The case of the jailed Zumour brothers is to be discussed by the members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the People’s Assembly.
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006 to Friday, January 13, 2006
In this 1949 article, the late Egyptian intellectual ‘Abbās al-‘Aqqād argues that the Muslim Brotherhood, which he says has sparked unprecedented sedition in Egyptian society, has dubious origins, saying that the grandfather of the Brotherhood founder was a watch fixer in Morocco, a job that was...
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006
The article affirms that Hamās, being one of the branches of the international organization of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, has followed in the footsteps of the latter by getting involved in politics and entering the legislative elections in an attempt to seek a new legitimacy and gain new ground.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
The Brotherhood participation in the democratic process, if genuine, constitutes a qualitative leap that entails the renunciation of violence, refraining from the takfīr [to rule that someone is infidel] ideology and accepting peaceful political activities as a means to reach power.
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2006
Discussions have been taking place between the Muslim Brotherhood and Coptic groups. Some issues have been controversial, like finance and support for the Brotherhood from abroad, but there has been a proposal that the Brotherhood and Copts make a unified list for the local elections.