TUNIS — Tunisia's interior and defense ministries have declared a night time curfew in the capital and seven other suburbs and cities following riots by Salafi Islamists and other protesters angered by an art exhibition they say insults Muslims.
The (...)
CAIRO - The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's well-organised political group, said it would take part in a “national dialogue”, sponsored by the interim Government, snubbing calls for similar talks planned by secularists, known as the First Egypt (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has announced its rejection of recent cabinet changes and demanded the replacement of Prime Minster Ahmed Shafiq's government with an interim government consisting of technocrats to manage the country's affairs during the (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says it will set up a political party once restrictions are lifted that prevented it and other groups from doing so under President Hosni Mubarak.
The Islamist group said in a statement it had declared its desire (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood kept up its PR campaign to tell the world what it has always maintained publicly: Egypt is not Iran. The Islamic group, one of the most organized opposition movement's in Egypt, said they have no intention of implementing, or (...)
Tunisia sped toward a new future after its iron-fisted leader fled, with an interim president sworn ordering the country's first multiparty government to be formed.
But snipers boldly attacked police beside the interior ministry, violence hit (...)
Tunis--Rioters burned the Tunisian capital's main train station to the ground and sacked and looted shops in a wave of unrest after the North African nation's president was forced from power by protesters.
The departure of President Zine El Abidine (...)
Amid the political instability, looters emptied shops and torched the capital's main train station, and soldiers traded fire with assailants in front of the Interior Ministry in Tunis. At least 42 people were killed Saturday in a prison fire in a (...)
WASHINGTON/CAIRO: To maintain a new policy of less on-the-ground interference in the Middle East, the United States would by and large accept a scenario of the Egyptian inheritance of power and is unlikely to exercise a military option against Iran, (...)
The energy on stage at al-Genina theatre in Al-Azhar park last Thursday night was in attack mode for the opening night of a three-day Urban Culture Gathering. Dancers break danced, hip hop artists performed and people cheered, their shoulders (...)
The small screen welcomed a new arrival this month in the form of director Hadi el-Bagoury's new TV series 'Ard Khas (Special Offer). The show follows aspiring actors attempting to secure a foothold in the often treacherous entertainment industry, (...)
CAIRO: The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) “strongly resented” Tunisia's use of security in raiding the house of opposition journalist Zouhair Makhlouf and assaulting him verbally and physically before dragging him “violently to (...)
Muslim Brotherhood Guide Mohamed Mahdi Akef's decision to step down at the end of his first term in January 2009 is an important milestone for the largest opposition group in Egypt for two reasons. First, whoever the successor is, he will not enjoy (...)
The following depiction is not for the faint of heart or the inexperienced traveler. But if you land Kabul airport and wonder what you re doing there just follow these steps.
First find a taxi into town, as the airport is 10 kilometers away. The (...)
While the scandal of the former Israeli President Moshe Katsav sexually harassing a female employee of the Presidential Palace is still hot, a reporter of Yediot Aharonot dropped a new bombshell about the Israeli Navy Commander hiding from public (...)
American Muslims continue to face discrimination, harassment and effective persecution at home, writes Abdus Sattar Ghazali*
Seven years after 9/11, Muslims in America remain at the receiving end of assaults on their civil rights and their faith in (...)
CAIRO: Despite keeping a low profile during the April 6 and May 4 general strikes, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) denounced the recent price hikes that were approved by the People's Assembly (PA) this week, in a press conference Wednesday.
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Homeland discrimination for Arabs and Muslims remains a staple feature of Bush's war on terror, writes Abdus Sattar Ghazali*
A Muslim bus passenger en route to Chicago is put off with his bags in Toledo after he told the driver he is from Iraq ( (...)
WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday strongly criticized Egypt s decision to approve a two-year extension of the Emergency Law President Hosni Mubarak slapped on the country 25 years ago after the assassination of his predecessor Anwar (...)
CAIRO: With only days to go until the expiration of Egypt's highly controversial Emergency Law, the Parliament Sunday passed a measure to extend the legislation for another two years. Condemned for its authorization of sweeping arrests and (...)
The machinations of Washington's neo-conservatives have cost America dear yet the instigators of the disastrous war against Iraq have yet to admit to a single mistake, writes Mohamed Hakki*
There was a time when no one knew who the neo-conservatives (...)
The Bush administration's war on terror has targeted Arabs right, left and centre; Sami Al-Arian is a case in point. Sherine Bahaa talks to Al-Arian's associates
"Politics" was how computer science professor Sami Al- Arian summed up the motivation (...)
The murder of an Afghan minister has cast a long shadow of doubt on the interim administration in Afghanistan. From Islamabad, Iffat Malik asks who killed the minister and why
Last Thursday evening at Kabul airport, Dr Abdul Rehman, civil aviation (...)
India and Pakistan, as if not content with their dispute over Kashmir, are now battling for influence in Afghanistan. So far, India is doing better. Iffat Malik writes from Islamabad
The US decision to wage war on Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban has (...)