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Khaled Dawoud Brotherhood to Run as Independents in Parliament Although Brotherhood leaders have repeatedly stressed they would not take part in any electoral process, sources inside the group said they were actually considering presenting a number of unknown candidates to assure they remained politically present, from Cairo writes Khaled Dawoud... Tuesday 24-06-2014 08:25 AM Tom Regan, Washington The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend The centuries old proverb might be used to describe the meeting by a top US official with an Iranian counterpart on in Vienna, a further signal that the United States is considering working with its longtime foe on a way to stop the advance of ISIL in Iraq, writes Tom Regan from Washington... Friday 20-06-2014 08:38 AM Dr. Bryan R. Gibson Maliki and the ISIS Crisis The situation in Iraq has deteriorated rapidly over the course of the last two weeks as Islamist Sunni extremists, backed by powerful tribesmen, have asserted control over large swathes of the country, writes Bryan Gibson... Saturday 14-06-2014 09:59 AM Mohamed Hemish, Istanbul Gezi Anniversary Haunts Erdogan One year ago, modern Turkey had arguably witnessed one of the biggest protests in its history, the Gezi protests. It all started when on May 28, 2013 hundreds staged a sit-in in Gezi Park, one of last remaining green areas left in Taksim Square located in the heart of Istanbul. Monday 02-06-2014 09:02 AM Tom Regan, Washington Egypt's "Little Inventor" Seeks Asylum in U.S. It's the kind of internationally published story that the current military-led (soon to be run by former Field Marshall Abdel Fattah el-Sisi) Egyptian government have been worried about. Monday 26-05-2014 08:50 AM Khaled Dawoud Egypt Reconciliation: Going in Circles A reconciliation initiative launched by Egyptian figures in exile known for their sympathy with the Muslim Brotherhood was quickly buried after it threatened a split within the “Alliance in Support of Legitimacy and Against the Coup.” The Alliance includes several political Islamist groups... Sunday 25-05-2014 09:08 AM Khaled Dawoud Egypt: Brotherhood Backers to Boycott Elections The Brotherhood has already been banned by a court's verdict to field candidates in the upcoming presidential polls but it has decided alongside its backers not to take part in what it described as a 'sham,' writs Khaled Dawoud... Wednesday 30-04-2014 09:10 AM Tom Regan, Washington New York Police Close Unit That Spied on Muslims It was called the Demographics unit, which in a way it was, semantically at least. But it was the way it gathered 'data' on the Muslim community in and around New York that upset many people once its existence was revealed. What the unit actually did was spy on Muslims... Tuesday 22-04-2014 12:06 PM Ali Hashem Reviving Bitter Memories A row over Iran’s nomination of a new ambassador to the United Nations has revived bitter memories between Tehran and Washington with the latter refusing to issue a visa to the Iranian diplomat, from Tehran writes Ali Hashem… Saturday 19-04-2014 08:15 AM Christine Petré, Kenya’s Top Radical Islamist Shot Dead After prominent radical cleric Abubakar Shariff, also known as Makaburi, was shot dead outside Shanzu Law Courts in Mombasa by unknown attackers, angry Kenyan youths took to the streets of the Kenyan city to protest against what they termed as extrajudicial killing... Thursday 17-04-2014 12:21 PM Dr. Bryan R. Gibson Muslim Brotherhood Banned from Elections The Muslim Brotherhood members, both current and former, have been prevented by court from running in Egypt’s upcoming polls. The lawyers who called for the ban based their case on the designation of the Islamist group as terrorist, writes Bryan Gibson… Thursday 17-04-2014 10:51 AM Tom Regan, Washington US University Rescinds Honorary Degree to Islam Critic Somali-born author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, is well-known as a tireless campaigner for women's rights around the world. But she is also known for her unrelenting criticism of Islam, from Washington writes Tom Regan… Thursday 10-04-2014 09:42 AM Mohamed Hemish, Istanbul Whose Sarin? The Turkish government has dismissed a report by American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh suggesting that the Turkish intelligence was behind a sarin gas attack in Syria last summer in cooperation with the al-Qaeda-affiliated organization al-Nusra Front. Tuesday 08-04-2014 09:50 AM Dr. Steve Hewitt The Trial of Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law The considerable media attention given to this trial has arisen specifically because of the defendant’s connection to Bin Laden and the insights that have been revealed about the deceased leader and the 9-11 plot, writes Steve Hewitt… Monday 07-04-2014 10:18 AM Islamist Gate Staff US Judge Rules Yemen Drone Strike Justified A US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against Obama administration officials for the 2011 drone-strike killings of three U.S. citizens in Yemen, including an al-Qaeda cleric. Saturday 05-04-2014 01:17 PM