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Apr 4, 2012

The Muslim Brotherhood Goes “All-In”

By Tarek Radwan

Despite the risks, the Brotherhood’s incredibly bold move putting forth Khairat al-Shater as the group’s presidential candidate in Egypt’s upcoming elections indicates a shift to a surprisingly aggressive strategy seemingly geared at dominating almost all the major political institutions in the transition. The Brotherhood’s tactic — reneging on its previous promise not to field a […]

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Apr 4, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood Candidate Says Application of Sharia is Ultimate Goal

By Mara Revkin

Brotherhood presidential candidate Khairat al-Shater stated that the application of Sharia law is his ultimate goal. “I will rely on people of experience to help Parliament achieve that goal,” Shater said during a meeting of the Islamic Legitimate Body of Rights and Reformation, a moderate body of Islamic scholars.

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Apr 3, 2012

Egypt’s Outdated Leftist Movement In Need of Renovation

By Hany Ghoraba

Egyptian leftists and socialists have a branding problem. Instead of working to develop a constructive vision for the future, they are wasting time defining themselves in terms of what they are not, and in reference to their neoliberal political opponents. Leftists are building their political capital on criticism of neoliberal criticism, rather than thinking critically […]

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Apr 3, 2012

Top News: Salafi Clerics Slam Brotherhood for Running Presidential Candidate

By Mara Revkin

The Salafi Scholars Shura Council criticized the Muslim Brotherhood for nominating Khairat al-Shater for the presidency. In a statement Tuesday, the council also denounced certain Islamists calling on presidential candidate Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail to waive his candidacy for al-Shater, who they say has the confidence of the Egyptians.

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Apr 2, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood to Field Presidential Candidate

By Mara Revkin

The Muslim Brotherhood reneged on its pledge to refrain from nominating its own presidential candidate by choosing Khairat al-Shater as the group’s official nominee.

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Mar 30, 2012

Top News: FJP Swaps 10 Constituent Assembly Members with Liberals

By Mara Revkin

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) withdrew 10 of its members from the constituent assembly and replaced them with liberal appointees amid protest from political parties, religious institutions and special interests over the makeup of the Islamist-dominated assembly.

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Mar 30, 2012

Pope Shenouda’s Departure Raises Copts’ Anxiety / رحيل البابا شنودة يزيد من قلق الأقباط

By Magdy Samaan

As liberal and minority groups voice concerns about the composition of an Islamist-dominated constituent assembly that will draft Egypt’s next constitution, hardly a sermon goes by at Coptic churches without references to rising fears among Egypt’s ten million Christians over the changes sweeping the country. The death of Pope Shenouda III, patriarch of the Coptic […]

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Mar 29, 2012

Top News: Reports of Brotherhood-SCAF Deal on New Cabinet

By Mara Revkin

Brotherhood sources reported that the SCAF has offered to allow the Muslim Brotherhood to form a new cabinet if the group refrains from nominating a presidential candidate.

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Mar 28, 2012

Is Egypt “Change Blind”?

By Ahmed Morsy

Political analysis alone cannot adequately explain the troubled state of Egypt’s transition.  The current crisis is rooted as much in social psychology as it is in politics. As Egypt’s political forces engage are polarizing around the volatile debates over the new constitution and Egypt’s next president, it appears that the population is collectively suffering from […]

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Mar 28, 2012

News: SCAF Allows Ayman Nour to Run for Presidency

By Mara Revkin

Ayman Nour claims that the SCAF has issued a decision allowing him to run in the upcoming presidential election. His political rights have been suspended since 2005, when he was convicted of forging signatures for registration of the Nour Party in a case that was broadly condemned as politically motivated.