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An Egyptian protester waves his national flag as he is surrounded by tear gas fired by riot police in Cairo’s Tahrir square on January 25, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD KHALED)

Egypt, the Brotherhood, and the Americans

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 6, 2013 | Opinion

The Egyptian government and its ruling Freedom and Justice Party, along with various figures within the Muslim Brotherhood, criticized a tweet by the US Embassy in Cairo this week. The tweet in question focused on Egypt’s clampdown on freedom of expression, referring...

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Egyptian students from Egypt’s Islamic al-Azhar University take part in demonstration in front of Sheikh al-Azhar’s office in Cairo on April 2, 2013, after hundreds suffered from food poisoning at a dormitory. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED AL-SHAHED)

Azhar and Brotherhood Face Off over Sukuk

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Apr 5, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—After student protests following a mass food poisoning scandal forced Al-Azhar University President Dr. Osama Al-Abd’s sacking, sources within Egypt’s top religious institute have claimed that this is part of Muslim Brotherhood efforts to...

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he addresses his lawmakers and supporters at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. (AP Photo)

Egypt’s Brotherhood: Follow theTurkish Example

by Dr. Hamad Al-Majid | Apr 2, 2013 | Opinion

There have been indications that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is facing difficulties repeating the successful experience of the Islamists in Turkey. In the best of cases, perhaps the Brotherhood will not succeed in Egypt until it undergoes the same prolonged and...

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File photo of former Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Mohamed Mahdi Akef. (Tarek Mostafa/Reuters/File)

Former MB Guide Says Legal Status Crisis ‘Absurd’

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Mar 23, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Mehdi Akef has claimed that the Egyptian judiciary under Mubarak was less harsh towards the organization than Egypt’s post-revolutionary courts. Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat in the wake of the...

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A protester, who opposes Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, holds up his hands, which are chained together, to symbolise the lack of freedom, as protesters chant slogans during a demonstration against Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood at Tahrir Square in Cairo February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

Judicial Panel Says Brotherhood Have No Legal Status in Egypt

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Mar 22, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—A top Egyptian judicial advisory body has claimed that the ruling Muslim Brotherhood has no legal status in the country. Egypt’s State Commissioners Authority issued a non-binding report to the country’s Supreme Administrative Court recommending...