[...] the reader rarely glimpses the illuminating insights Zahid may have to share. [...] most surprising given the book's title, Zahid cites no interviews with government officials, ruling party elites, or Muslim Brotherhood members.
Hassnaa Hussein is a modern Egyptian women: She studied English at the religiously conservative Al-Azhar University, wears slacks with her headscarf and happens to loathe the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Hussein wants Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down in September and pave the way for free and fair presidential elections. But the prospect of the Muslim Brotherhood coming to power in Egypt is something, she says, that makes her uneasy.
CAIRO - The once outlawed Muslim Brotherhood said Saturday its new political party will contest half of the seats in Egypt's parliamentary elections in September, revealing plans to become a major force in the country's post-revolution politics. Egypt's largest Islamic group and the best organized opposition movement during ousted President Hosni Mubarak's three decades of autocratic rule sought to ease concerns that it is intent on bringing about an Islamist-dominated parliament.
Leading senators are raising concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood's growing influence on Egypt's transitional government after last week's resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. After a classified hearing about Egypt on Thursday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein told The Washington Times that she is worried about the possibility that more violent extremists could be freed from prison, citing jail breaks last month when some terrorists escaped during anti-Mubarak protests.
With reference to the U.S. civil rights movement, historian Charles Payne distinguishes between two different activist traditions. In the South there was, he argues, a "community-mobilizing tradition, focused on large-scale, relatively short-term public eventsrc;euro? a "tradition best symbolized by the work of Martin Luther King." At the same time, there was also a "ecommunity organizing tradition," with a "greater emphasis on the long-term development of leadership in ordinary men and women" - epitomized by the likes of SNCC and Ella Baker. Both mass mobilization and long-term leadership development are organizing, and both can be extremely valuable. And, at times, they can overlap. But it's useful to understand that they are distinct processes. A second point: Even during a moment of...
... in Egypt," including the Muslim Brotherhood, "have a significantly different profile and diffe...
Like ordinary folks, presidents of the United States are known by the company they keep. It is a test of their character. Often it shapes their policies. In the case of Barack Obama, it may blight his legacy and our nation's security interests. Until now, among the most egregious examples of the problem were the "friends of Bill" who played prominent roles in William Jefferson Clinton's presidency. Those folks included a mix of unsavory political operatives, Chinese agents and convicted felons. Their overnight stays in the Lincoln bedroom, legally challenged fundraising and 11th-hour pardons raised serious questions not just about President Clinton's ethics, but about his judgment. President Obama's trusted circle has been, if anything, even more problematic. For example, Mr. Obama has ...
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Sunday that Egypt is not going to go back to the way it was before pro-democracy protests roiled the country, and played down prospects that the Muslim Brotherhood would take a major role in a new government. I think that the Muslim Brotherhood is one faction in Egypt," Obama said. "They don't have majority support.
CAIRO - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, emerging as the biggest winner in the first round of parliamentary elections, sought Saturday to reassure Egyptians that it would not sacrifice personal freedoms in promoting Islamic law. The deputy head of the Brotherhood's new political party, Essam el-Erian, said that the group is not interested in imposing Islamic values on Egypt, home to a sizable Christian minority and others who object to being subject to strict Islamic codes.
CAIRO - It was to Cairo's slum of Munib on a recent evening that the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's biggest Islamic group, brought its election campaign message: The country must turn to Islam to rebuild. Muslims around the world expect great things from you," Essam el- Erian, deputy head of the Brotherhood's new political party, told supporters crowded into a tent, with men across the aisle from women in headscarves or black veils. "We have to build a nation of freedom and equality, a nation of the true Islam.
According to a statement issued by Brotherhood Supreme-Guide Mehky Akef, Egypt needed to "withdraw the Egyptian ambassador to the Zionist state, dismiss the Zionist ambassador to Egypt and close both embassies, open the Rafah Crossing to allow access to all humanitarian aid and receive the injured, in addition to cutting off gas and oil supplies sent to the Zionist nation." According to Gamal Eid, director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), this shows how far the government is ready to go in order to silence journalists and freedom of the press.
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