Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
As an American Christian in Egypt I find that I instinctively view events here through the following lens: Liberals are the good guys, Islamists are the bad guys, and the army is somewhere in between, perhaps neutral, perhaps not. Complicated times beg for simplistic narratives, and this one...
Date of source: Thursday, November 10, 2011
U.S. Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, based on the interviews he said he had with many Copts in different areas of Cairo, said that Christians in Egypt are very concerned and haunted by apprehensions about the future.
Date of source: Sunday, November 13, 2011
Egypt's post-revolution sectarian troubles are raising some scary questions about the future of the relationship between the partners in the nation.
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Earlier this year, Egyptian Coptic intellectual Dr. Rafīq Samuel Habīb was named as the vice president of Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party -the newly founded p
Date of source: Saturday, November 12, 2011
cAbd al-Muncim cAbd-al Maqsūd, the lawyer of the Muslims Brotherhood group, asserted that the slogan “Islam is the solution” is one hundred percent constitutional, and that the group attained several judicial provisions confirming that this slogan is a political rather than being a religious one...
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: Friday, November 11, 2011
In an electoral conference for the representatives of the Democratic Coalition in the upcoming parliament elections, in a coffee shop at Shubrā, Amīn Iskandar, leader in Hizb al-Karāmah or al-Karāmah Party, said that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) representatives in the upcoming parliamentary...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
On Friday, 28 October 2011, the first issues of two newspapers rolled out. The first paper is the new mouthpiece of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom & Justice Party (FJP), while the second is al-Fath (The Conquest), the mouthpiece of the Salafi movement.