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"The MB’s "no-rush" approach is due to historical, political and national reasons," El-Erian said.

 
CAIRO, December 22, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – Citing doubts over US real intentions, in addition to historical, political and other reasons, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has expressed its own stance not to rush getting engaged in dialogue with Washington soon.

"MB stron..

 On the surface of it, the resolution of the U.S. Congress and the statements by Javier Solana of the European Union warning that aid to the Palestinian Authority would be jeopardized if Hamas is included in the PA after next month’s legislative elections seem to be in tune with the West’s anti-terror policies.
 
But the fact is that these demands are greater than any that the I..

A defective democracy
Salmawi: A foreign critic wrote that you predicted over half a century ago that the religious trend would emerge as the dominant force on the political arena. This is because you made the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) character in The Cairo Trilogy have children, whereas the leftist character was left childless. In Children of the Alley, the one who wins at the end is Arafah,..

Not to curdle the Christmas pudding or anything, but it’s hard to see how Uncle Sam comes out a winner in any of the elections that have just taken place in the Arab world.

This isn’t to contradict President Bush, who said, referring to Iraq’s parliamentary elections, we’re seeing "something new: constitutional democracy at the heart of the Middle East." But the emerging nature of this ..

Introduction
The medieval fears of Islamic expansion and Christian crusades were rekindled by the attack of 11 September 2001 on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in the United States. The further rise of Muslim extremism in response to the United States’ enduring campaign against terrorism has unfortunately made Islam synonymous with terrorism. This misconception has ignored not only ..

EU is threatening to stop financial help PA
NO to Hamas even through ballot-boxes
 EU foreign relations and security chief, Javier Solana, declared in no where else than Tel Aviv, that if Palestinian resistance organization, Hamas, wins elections then there will be no more financial assistance to the Palestinian authority.
 
Solana was repeating Zionist and US threats, Syl..

If it weren’t for the same scene presented by countries that have not experienced Israeli occupation, one would blame the occupation and its harshness for what is taking place with the Palestinians, and their selection of Hamas. But we have just seen how Egypt voted in big numbers for the Muslim Brotherhood, and how Iran left behind the peaceful Islamism represented by President Mohammad Khatam..

On today’s vote to elect members of the parliamentary committees, the Muslim Brotherhood’s representative, Akram el-Shaer, was chosen as the deputy of the Health committee. In fact, this election was postponed for ten days due to disputes inside the holding-parliamentary bloc of the National Democratic Party.  
 
The NDP and the parliamentary chairmanship attempted to rig ..

The General Secretariat of the Egyptian parliament announced that it has received 958 contests over the membership of parliamentary representatives. Thus, the ongoing parliament sets a new record regarding the number of memberships called into question. It surpasses the 1995 parliament which has scored 930 contests.
 
The Parliament Chairman, Fatahy Soror, refereed these contests to ..

Rise of Muslim Brotherhood puts Egypt’s strategic alliances at risk
Mohammed Mahdi Akef is responsible for the Muslim Brotherhood that has taken
a major step in its campaign to turn Egypt into an Islamic state.

Akef’s Muslim Brotherhood won 20 percent of the 444 seats in The People’s
Assembly in the recent election. From now on, Akef is a kingmaker in an
Egypt that ..

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Leader, Muhammad Akef, stated that the Egyptian authority prevented him from traveling Saudi Arabia to perform the Islamic rite of Hajj, although his travel accreditation is authorized.
 
’This illegal decision came as a complete surprise to me. I am not convicted in any law cases. There is no travel ban issued against me. When I asked for explanation (autho..

The Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc protested the dominance of the National Democratic Party over all parliamentary committees with exception of the Health Committee. The bloc considered the NDP mobilization for grasping all committees, in which the MB’s bloc ran for, is illogical. Besides, the Parliament Chairman refused to receive contests and protests over the vote, in spite of incompl..

The clouds of tear gas blurring the vision of would- be voters on the final day of voting in Egypt\’s parliamentary elections also obscured the progress towards concrete reform at the end of a tumultuous year in Egyptian politics.

Though elections provided a focal point for opposition groups to agitate for change, the most visible outcome of the polls - both presidential and parliament..

While much attention has been paid to the violent attacks and intimidation directed at the opposition during Egypt’s recent parliamentary elections, the involvement of the country’s security forces in political life is not limited to this sort of visible confrontation. The real threat of Egypt’s state security apparatus, as in many other Middle Eastern states, is that it continues to secretly m..

MB members of the parliament wish Egyptian Catholics a Merry Christmas
In a show of unity and goodwill, several MB members of the parliament offered their catholic brethrens their best wishes on the Christmas holiday.  Mr. Mahmoud Megahed, PM of El Mattaryah and Ein Shams district dispatched several representatives to join Catholics in his constituency their celebrations.  The warm..

The Muslim Brotherhood’s parliamentary bloc is about to face a furious round with the Interior Ministry. The bloc will bring up the question of detainees that exceeding 30.000 citizens, among them 1200 Brothers arrested during the parliamentary polls.
 
The bloc prepares a number of questionnaire and information requests that disclose the real detained number. Recently, the Brotherh..

Essam el-Arian, an influential member of the Muslim Brotherhood denied the likelihood of training the group’s parliamentary representatives in Europe.
 
’These reports are incorrect since the Brothers who are in Europe are not parliamentary representatives. Therefore, they do not have competent experience to give to the Brotherhood in Egypt,’ he argued. ’If they, on the other hand, ..

How long ago was it that you last heard some pundit blather on about
America being "the greatest empire since Rome"?

Quite a while, I imagine. For if the Iraqi insurgency has done nothing
else, it has induced a sense of humility, and of the limits of American
power.

Surely, all Americans hope the Iraqi elections will usher in a
coalition that will let u..

Bush and the Year In Democracy
In 2005, President Bush set before the nation the goal of "ending  
tyranny in our world." In 2006, he is scheduled to attend the first  
meeting of Group of Eight leaders in Russia, which spent this year  
positioning itself as a leader of the world’s pro-tyranny camp.

At best, Bush’s attendance in St. Petersburg in July wi..

 Thanks to democracy, 2005 was a huge year for radical Islamist groups in Egypt, Israel and Iraq.

Democracy has scored some significant victories in the Middle East recently. Over the past three weeks, successful democratic elections have been conducted in three of the region’s most eminent nations—Egypt, Iraq and the Palestinian-controlled areas within Israel.

The outcome ..