Archive for September, 2007
Your best friend hates you
By Ibrahim El Houdaiby, Conflicts Forum, September 30, 2007
Of all the puzzling remarks made by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, naming Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his regime as one of America’s strongest and most strategic allies in the Middle East is perhaps the most puzzling.
What is strange about the statement is that it portrays […]
Posted: September 30th, 2007 under ARTICLES, Democracy, Dialogue, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood.
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Perceptions of identity: Islamist identity and neoconservatism
A Conflicts Forum seminar, Beirut, June 19, 2007
Project Outline*:
We are at a point of conflict and growing instability in the Middle East where the West’s projection of its perception of Islamist identity is no longer recognizable to Islamists themselves; and the Islamist perception of American motivation for actions has little if any resonance with ordinary […]
Posted: September 21st, 2007 under CF CONFERENCE, Neocons, Political Islam.
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Do not undermine moderate Islamists: The case of Muslim Brotherhood leader, Khayrat El-Shater
By Ibrahim El Houdaiby, Conflicts Forum, September 13, 2007
Egyptian newspapers report that sources close to the ruling elite have asserted that Muslim Brotherhood Deputy Chairman, Khayrat El Shater, currently standing before a military tribunal, will be sentenced to five years in prison. The main reason, according to the same sources, is that El Shater’s popularity […]
Posted: September 13th, 2007 under ARTICLES, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Political Islam.
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