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Articles of the author Hossam Tammam
Who's afraid of the Salafists?
The first Salafi conference held by Al-Nour Party in Alexandria deserves a closer look and a different reading of the state of Salafis beyond the blasé and sometimes alienating method by which the Egyptian media deals with the Salafi issue in (...)

04 - 07 - 2011
Models for an Islamist political party
As the Muslim Brotherhood prepares to enter the political process openly and in an above-board manner, its leadership might consider three models for an Islamist political party, writes Hossam Tammam Of all the Islamist groups, the Muslim (...)

17 - 03 - 2011
Islam in the insurrection?
Few of the country's religious groups supported the protests leading to the Egyptian revolution, with many of them being opposed and revealing the limits of their version of contestation, write Hossam Tammam and Patrick Haenni While the exact nature (...)

03 - 02 - 2011
A revival of Al-Azhar
There have been many signs of the revival of Al-Azhar, the Sunni world's most important seat of learning, most recently with the appointment of Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb as the institution's rector, writes Hossam Tamam* The declining impact of the (...)

19 - 08 - 2010
The regime and the Brotherhood
This year's Egyptian parliamentary elections will be an important test of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood's intentions and the efficacy of the regime's attacks against it, writes Hossam Tammam* The parliamentary elections due to take place in Egypt (...)

01 - 04 - 2010
Superglue
The remarkable unity displayed by the Muslim Brotherhood is no accident, argues Hossam Tammam* As the greatest internal crisis the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has experienced for over half a century took place in full view of the media one obvious (...)

25 - 02 - 2010
Not your average crackdown
Hossam Tammam detects a major shift in the regime's attitude towards the Muslim Brotherhood At first glance, the crackdown by the Egyptian authorities on the Muslim Brotherhood closely resembles earlier security campaigns. Examine it more carefully, (...)

18 - 02 - 2010
Back to the future
As reformists lose ground, Hossam Tamam expects a witch hunt within Muslim Brotherhood ranks It would be no exaggeration to say that the resignation of the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) supreme guide (or more accurately his delegation of his (...)

29 - 10 - 2009
Business interests
From capitalism to consumerism: Hossam Tammam* outlines the history of MB finance The recent confrontation between the regime and the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (MB) once again sees the spotlight focussed on the financial practices of the largest (...)

23 - 07 - 2009
Jihadist revisions
What can be learned from the state's confrontation with violent Islamist movements in the 1980s and 90s? Hossam Tamam* sketches an essential checklist Revisionism has gained momentum among Islamist groups that once espoused violence. The Egyptian (...)

28 - 05 - 2009
Too old school to strike
The Muslim Brotherhood is tied to a worldview that cannot come to grips with the protests that mark today's political scene, writes Hossam Tammam* The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has a problem with activists who don't belong to any recognisable party. (...)

02 - 04 - 2009
Shifting sands
Hossam Tamam* examines ways in which the Israeli war on Gaza has redefined the contours of the Islamist scene Recent events in Gaza have made it clear that Islamism is now the master of the moment. As an idea, as well as a political manifestation, (...)

19 - 02 - 2009
MB goes rural
Rather than merely taking advantage of rural popularity, it is rural ways that are influencing the Muslim Brotherhood, writes Hossam Tammam* The May 2008 elections of the Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Bureau show that the group has undergone a major (...)

23 - 10 - 2008
One-way street
The Muslim Brotherhood is looking increasingly outdated as it fumbles towards a political platform, writes Hossam Tammam* The inevitable rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, so confidently predicted by many, now looks implausible. At a time when (...)

07 - 07 - 2005
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