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Debate: Excluding the Brotherhood from power helps democracy

by Majdi Hamdan | Nov 12, 2013 | Debate

If we examine the expression “civil state,” we find that it has a common meaning shared by different cultures and philosophies. In a civil state, the political authority is entrusted to the people, and so there must be a representative of the people within the...

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Protesters chant slogans against Iraq’s Shiite-led government as they wave flags during a demonstration in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo)

25 February 2011, Two Years Later

by Tariq Al-Hashemi | Mar 12, 2013 | Opinion

Two weeks ago we passed a milestone unlike any other. It was not a fleeting political occasion, but a true turning point in the ongoing political struggle in Iraq. On 25 February 2011, and for the first time since the fall of the former regime, those dismayed with...