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Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi gather at the Rabaa Adawiya square, where they are camping, in Cairo July 12, 2013 Reuters

Should Western Powers Ban The Muslim Brotherhood As A Terrorist Group?

by Amir Taheri | Feb 13, 2017 | Features

Should the Western powers declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization and ban it? Or should they engage it with a view to transforming it into a firewall against Islamist terror? Though these questions have been posed in Western capitals for a number of...

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Qaeda’s Leadership Rise following ISIS Defeat

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Nov 3, 2016 | World

Cairo – An Egyptian study has warned from possible threats from Al-Qaeda in the region; it reported that the defeat of ISIS in the alleged “Caliphate Land” in Syria and Iraq has offered Al-Qaeda a new chance to recapture the leadership of terrorist...

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AV-8B Harrier II from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit launches from the USS Boxer (LHD 4) during its first day of striking ISIS held positions in Iraq from the Arabia Gulf

Opinion: Extremism Before and After 9/11

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 19, 2016 | Opinion

Most of what is written and said about “extremist Islamists” today is very different from what was written about them in the recent past. Most western commentators and the majority of Arab intellectuals used to classify extremist groups like Al-Qaeda as movements that...

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Qaeda Backs Nusra Front on Establishing a Caliphate in Syria

by Nazeer Rida | May 9, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri gave on Sunday his political, religious and financial backing to the organization’s Syrian off-shoot al-Nusra Front and handed over the reins of the caliphate to al-Nusra Front leader in Syria Abu Mohammad al-Julani, who...

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This still image from video obtained September 11, 2012, courtesy of the Site Intelligence Group shows Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in a video speaking from an undisclosed location. (AFP Photo)

Al-Qaeda’s Indian franchise not a response to ISIS: expert

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Sep 12, 2014 | World

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Al-Qaeda’s announcement of the establishment of a new franchise in the Indian subcontinent is not a response to the challenge posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an expert in Islamist fundamentalist groups has said. In comments...