Ikhwanweb :: The Muslim Brotherhood Official English Website

"How do you think the Muslim Brotherhood performance has affected parliament?" The question was posted on the website of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest opposition group, in mid-March after 100 days in the current parliament. The results offered a boost. Sixty-eight percent of respondents said the Brotherhood’s impact so far was ex..

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Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Although they have been persecuted for decades, Egyptian Coptic Christians are fed up with being treated as second class citizens in Islamic countries after the latest round of violence against them, a Coptic Christian leader in England said.

A U.S. human rights group ..

Four years ago, Osama al Gazali Harb received an unexpected telephone call from Gamal Mubarak, the son of President Hosni Mubarak, inviting Harb to join a new committee dedicated to promoting political and economic reform in the Arab world’s largest country.

"I thought that if the genuine will to reform was there, Egypt could be transformed into total democracy in two or three years," ..

 If Egyptian Women’s Day came and went without anyone in Cairo marking the occasion, it wasn’t for lack of effort on the part of women’s organizations.

They had planned a large conference at a local student union to bring together more than 800 women, delegations from 25 women’s and development organizations, and print and television journalists. But the previous evening, just hou..

The Muslim Brotherhood, in conjunction with opposition parties, launched a campaign objecting to the extension of the Egyptian Emergency Law, which has been currently in progress for a quarter century. It is mentioned that the last time of extending such a law was in 2003, and it was extended for three extra years to expire at the end of next month (May).

During a conference held in..

In a statement to Ikhwanweb, Hamas spokesperson Mr. Samy Abu Zehry, rejected Mr. Bin Laden’s statements in reference to Hamas participation in legislative councils and running for elections “Hamas has its own agenda that is not compatible with Al Qaeda’s. Hamas is a political movement serving the Palestinian people but meanwhile resisting an occupation and will only work within these boundaries..

UNDER SECRETARY HUGHES: Good afternoon to all of you. I am Karen Hughes, the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. My office oversees all of our exchange programs, such as the one that you’ve been participating in. And I happen to believe that our exchange programs have been America’s single most effective public diplomacy tool over the last 50 years because people g..

CAIRO, Apr 24 (IPS) - Seemingly random attacks on Coptic churches in the port city of Alexandria last week followed by violent clashes between Coptic Christians and Muslims have again raised the spectre of sectarian conflict.

"We’re living in a critical period now in terms of Muslim-Christian relations," Emad Gad, analyst at the state-run al-Ahram Centre for Politica..

One cannot help but see that the Moslems of the world are in the most difficult of times, with almost little control over their destinies and hardly the faintest idea of what lies in store for them in the future. It is bad enough that Islam is being targeted for all practical purposes as an enemy, in all of its manifestations, but that Moslems are now being goaded to engage in sectarian strife ..

 Osama bin Laden’s latest message seems to be aimed at moderate Arabs, a call to arms that they should support al-Qaida in defending Islam in what he called "a Crusader-Zionist war," which he blamed for a long list of attacks on Islam in places from Darfur to Denmark.

"Your aircraft and tanks are destroying houses over the heads of our kinfolk and children in Palestine, Iraq, Afgha..

 More than 90 people are reported killed or injured in at least three explosions Monday in the Red Sea resort town of Dahab, an Egyptian Interior Ministry official told CNN.

The explosions, described as a terrorist attack by the official, took place in a market and a hotel.

"There were body parts and debris in the street ... There are ambulances and cars taking people to ho..

Egyptian police have broken up a pro-reform protest at the Judges’ Syndicate in Cairo, beating one senior judge and detaining 15 protesters.
Fifty judges have been holding a sit-in at their headquarters to protest against the prosecution of two of their colleagues by the government.

Police moved against demonstrators overnight and struck a judge who came out to defend them, witness..

Egyptian writer Ahmed Fekri is so convinced President Hosni Mubarak will step down soon that he has drafted a resignation speech for the long-time leader.

"I have entrusted my son, Gamal, to take the post of president of the Republic. Before you, I advise him to guard the system of the Republic," jested Fekri, writing in the anti-government weekly al-Dustour.

Who will assume Egy..

MAXINE McKEW: And the Prime Minister may well have had Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak in mind, when talking of the immense challenges in fighting terrorism. The Egyptian leader has been grappling for over a decade with increased radicalism and with the political potency of the organisation known as "the Muslim Brotherhood". Now, with another significant attack in the popular Red Sea tourist ar..

 President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt lost no time branding yesterday’s attacks a "terrorist act" and pledging to track down those responsible "so they pay the penalty by force of law".

But in terms of repressive security measures, it is difficult to see what more the embattled President can do to avert future terror attacks. Tourists in Egypt are already escorted by armed guards and ..

Simultaneous developments around the Middle East and wider Islamic world indicate that the broad movement of "political Islam" has now settled down into three general trends that are important to grasp. Al-Qaeda-style terror-warriors are the smallest but most dangerous group, provoking strong American-led military responses. The second group in terms of size and impact comprises Iran and allied..

Mr. Anas Al Tekriti, prominent Iraqi Islamic leader, responded fto the video released by Abu Musab al-Zarqawy Tuesday in an exclusive statement to Ikhwanweb, Mr. Al Tekriti said,
 

“Abu Musab al –Zarqawy does not represent Muslims in Iraq or elsewhere. He unjustifiably follows a violent and bloody path based on indiscriminate bombing campaigns without any political prospects.

More than 100 Egyptian MPs, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, have demanded an extraordinary session of parliament to discuss a motion of no-confidence in the justice minister, Mahmoud Abul Leil. "We think the minister is abusing his position to carry out a campaign that seeks to place the magistrature under the control of the executive, of whom Aulb Leil is a member" Brotherhood par..