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A professor of American studies at the AUC says that the United States is using Islamists only to maintain its own interests and claims that the US wants a kind of Islam that goes along with American policies, particularly as far as Israel is concerned.
The author argues that the fact that Islamic groups, not liberal and secular movements, are the the big winners of the US’s efforts to promote democracy in the Middle East confuses the US administration, and American thinktanks as well.
After the Muslim Brotherhood secured 88 seats in the Egyptian parliament, the authorities arrested a number of its members, marking what the author termed as “the end of honeymoon between the cabinet and the group.”
The Egyptian authorities have started a large-scale arrest campaign against members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, but the reasons for the detentions remain unclear to most observers.
In the article, Rajab al-Bannā refers to the crises of the cartoons and the desecration of the Qur’ān in Guantanamo Bay to prove that the West does not respect the feelings or even the reactions of Muslims when their religious symbols are scorned.
The article is an interview with Saad Eddin Ibrahim over the news that the US has allocated to his Ibn Khaldoun Center $2 million, cut from the American aid to Egypt and his recent visit to the US. He also commented on the latest speech of the American president, especially his words about...
American officials scolded Prime Minister Mahatir Muhammad of Malaysia for declaring that Jews control the world and that frustrated Muslims should try to learn from them. President Bush privately told the Malaysian leader that his comments were ´´wrong and divisive.´´ Opinions...
Max Michel Hannā, who had been dismissed by the Clerical College after alleged deviations from the Coptic Orthodox faith, has recently managed to obtain a license from the US to set up a new church, breaking away from the official Egyptian church.
A few months ago the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, declared that the American Administration would not mind if the elections brought a religious political force to power in the Middle East.
Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘Dawī calls for all state’s offices - President; Sheikh of the Azhar; the First lady and Editor-in-Chiefs - to be elective. She asserts that the alleged reform process is not genuine.

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