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An Egyptian girl stands while supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi pray during the dawn prayer marking the Eid al-Fitr feast at the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan that is traditionally celebrated with special cookies, presents and new clothes, near Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo.)

Debate: The Muslim Brotherhood is vulnerable to internal strife

by Kamal Ben Younes | Aug 11, 2013 | Debate

Most political and strategic studies on the development of political organizations in the Islamic world reveal that such groups are based on a number of axioms, especially submission and obedience to the central leadership. The requirement of submission and obedience...

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An Egyptian child walks at a sit-in by members of the Muslim brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque on the first day of Eid al-Fitr celebrations on August 8, 2013 in Cairo. Thousands of supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the end […]

Debate: The Muslim Brotherhood is not likely to suffer internal strife

by Ahmad Al-Ayubi | Aug 11, 2013 | Debate

It is too early to judge the fate of the Muslim Brotherhood and the possibility of it experiencing internal division. In Egypt’s case, we are talking about the parent Brotherhood group and not one of its branches, which means that any shift in the organization will...

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Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi pray during a protest near Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo, Egypt, 04 August 2013. (EPA/KHALED ELFIQI.)

Opinion: The Muslim Brotherhood on the Precipice

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Aug 10, 2013 | Opinion

The Muslim Brotherhood has left the political arena in Egypt, and it appears that the other branches of the group in the countries that witnessed the Arab Spring will suffer major rifts. The public resentment felt by several religious and non-politicized segments of...

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Anti-Mursi demonstrators gather for a mass rally to show support for the army at Tahrir Square in Cairo, July 26, 2013. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh.)

Opinion: Two courses lie before the Brotherhood

by Abdullah Al-Otaibi | Aug 5, 2013 | Opinion

As was expected after June 30, the Muslim Brotherhood and other political Islamist groups reverted to type by creating violence. Their members in Sinai and other places carried out attacks against police, killing a number of their officers. The Muslim Brotherhood’s...

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President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, during a ceremony to honor the 2013 NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion team, the University of Connecticut Huskies. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster.)

Opinion: Obama and the lesson of Egypt

by Tariq Alhomayed | Aug 4, 2013 | Opinion

Some in Egypt are quite convinced that the current US administration formed an alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood and contributed to their rise to power—that is, until the military stepped in and ended an era of Brotherhood monopolization of power. Such suspicions...