Ikhwanweb :: The Muslim Brotherhood Official English Website

According to the latest figures, about 2000 Sunnis families have left Basra after they found death threats messages in their homes or through phone calls

Some other 800 families fled to neighboring cities after they lost their relatives through assassinations or detentions, hoping to return to their homes when life returns to normal.

The figures estimate the number of ..

In an exclusive statement to Ikhwanweb, the head of the Yemeni Coalition Party for Reform, Mr. Mohammed Kahtan, said that the coalition will select a presidential candidate in the next few days to run for the upcoming elections in September 2006.

The Coalition Party Executive Council held a series of meetings to discuss preparations for both presidential and municipal elections in coor..

The relationship between Muslims and Christians was reasonable until the last few decades. Many of the Muslims and Christians of the Middle East used to visit and exchange all types of gifts during the feasts of the two great religions. There were always mutual warm feeling and respect between the two communities.

Things started to change lately especially when the CIA started recruiti..

Egypt seems to have forsaken reform in an attempt to stop radical Islamists gaining strength 
 THE Arab world’s tentative experiment with democracy has been dealt a serious blow by a backlash in the region’s largest and most influential country against elections, human rights and multiparty politics.
In the space of a few months President Mub..

A federal judge in New York yesterday ordered the Bush administration to decide by September whether to grant an entry visa to a prominent Muslim scholar. The scholar has been barred from entering the United States for nearly two years, first because of supposed ties to terrorism, then for unspecified national security reasons.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed the suit on behalf..

 The Bush administration and others slam Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya for what they argue is wildly unfair coverage by the two stations of the war in Iraq and U.S. foreign policy in general. But the growing availability and aggressive journalism of such transnational satellite news outfits is increasingly drawing the ire of the Middle East’s authoritarian governments such as that of long-time..

Remember when George Bush highlighted reforming education in the region, as a way of fighting “terror,” giving young Arabs a chance for a bright future and bla bla bla bla bla? Well, it seems to be working.
A high school student in a Nile Delta province failed her Arabic language exam two weeks ago for criticizing the US in a composition piece! Yes, I’m not joking wallahi.
Al-Wafd initial..

The Cassation Court Thursday nullified the parliamentary election results of Nasr City and Misr al Gadida constituencies. The court cited irrefutable evidences  that the election process was marred by many serious irregularities including rigging the election in favor of the NDP candidates, in addition to violations the of law on exercising political rights.

The court also affirme..

The Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary Bloc issued a statement Sunday June 25, 2006, rejecting the judiciary bill proposed by the government. The statement also said that the bill “beats around the bush” by ignoring the judges’ demands topped by full independence of judiciary authority. The bill kept the main disputed matters unchanged, including the remaining of the highest judiciary bodies unde..

Activism Calendar

MONDAY, 26 JUNE
The Egyptian Association Against Torture is organizing a conference, from 6pm to 9pm, at the Press Syndicate,..

Newsweek published a story on the post-Mubarak scenarios…
After the Pharaoh
Who, or what, will replace Hosni Mubarak? Some say democracy, others chaos. It’s the question all Egyptians are now asking. No one has an answer.
By Christopher Dickey
Ju..

I received today from my friend Alia Mossallam an English translation of a letter sent to Magdi Mahanna–the prominent columnist at Al-Masri Al-Youm, my favori..

I previously posted on the blog a letter from a former Islamist detainee, narrating the torture he went through in prison, during our 1990s Dirty War. I was going through my inbox today, and came across a good article from las..

In a serious precedence and a threat to the Egyptian reform movements, an Egyptian court Monday June 6th ,2006 issued a one year sentence against al Dostour Chief Editor Ibrahim Essa on charges of criticizing President Mubarak.

In a statement to Ikhwanweb following the ruling, Essa said “This is the first trial on such a charge since the July 1952 Revolution, as this law was enfor..

In an exclusive statement to Ikhwanweb, Syrian MB chairman Ali Sadruddin el Bayanoni dismissed as ungrounded the reports released by Reuters to the effect that he is ready to recognize Israel and establish relations with it.

Bayanoni said that his statement was misquoted by the reporter, pointing out that he doesn’t oppose the Palestinians negotiating with the aim to obtain their ..

A conference was held Thursday June 27th 2006, at the Egyptian Press Syndicate, where participants announced the creation of  popular tribunals  to try officers accused of torture of detainees. Chief Justice Mahmood el Khodairy, the Chairman of the Alexandria Judges’ Club, and the deputy chairman of the Court of Cassation, stated to Ikhwanweb "This tribunal will hold accountable any o..

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We have the firm conviction that Al-Zahrani, Al-Salami and Al-Otaibi passed away due to the many transgressions practiced at the "Shame Jail" in Guantanamo.

On 10 June 2006 the American authorities announced the death of three of the prisoners detained at Guantanamo jail. Motivated by the responsibility to expose the repulsive practices committ..