Pangea Day

In school, I learnt in geography that Pangea was the unified land masses of the unified continents about 250 million years ago, a super continent which existed before the Continental drift separated the land masses into the present day continents. Under this theory...

Brotherhood of Man

Brotherhood of ManIn the April 6 edition of "The New York Times magazine,Professor Beverly Gage offers a fascinating glance at former PresidentWarren G. Harding’s possible racial history, or “negro” heritage,detailed by accounts by historian William...

Egypt arrests 69 more members of banned Muslim Brotherhood

Cairo (ANTARA News) - Egyptian authorities on Wednesday arrested 69 members of the banned opposition Muslim Brotherhood in a series of raids around the country, security sources said.The members were arrested at their homes in Cairo, Giza, Souhag, Qaliobiya, Assyout and...

Brotherhood S02E01 (Showtime)

Declan is in a bad place after beating the shit out of Michael at the end of last season. He told his wife his crimes and she left him. He has been on pills and drugs ever since. Even Moe is trying to help him, but all he gets is some attitude. Michael survived the beating...

Brotherhood S01E11 (Showtime)

It’s the season finale of the first season of Brotherhood. I was a bit behind, but enjoyed catching up with the show in the last week. Declan isn’t doing to well, his loyalties are split between the Caffees and the police. He doesn’t really know what to do. He makes...

Jordanian Islamists and Municipal Elections: Confirmation of a Problematic Tr...

The results of the Jordanian municipal elections may portend future Islamists trends in Jordan. As Mr. Schenker notes:"Jordanians go to the polls tomorrow to elect nearly 1,000 local representatives and 92 mayors. On their own, these elections are of minimal interest to...

A country in crisis as fearful government cracks down on Islamist opposition

If you thought there wasn't enough going on in Iraq, this article provides a good overview of what is going on in Egypt: "A country in crisis as fearfulgovernment cracks down on Islamist opposition  . . . dealing a blow to multiparty politics."""The Americans are...

Charting the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood

"The recent putsch in the Gaza Strip by Hamas is shedding light on an organization exercising considerable influence on the entire Arab world -- the Muslim Brotherhood. As both a social movement and a militant Islamist political outfit, its power stretches from the Atlantic...

Bush Weighs Reaching Out To ‘Brothers'

"WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is quietly weighing the prospect of reaching out to the party that founded modern political Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood."

Egypt frees Muslim Brotherhood blogger

CAIRO, Egypt - A Muslim Brotherhood blogger was released Saturday after a 45-day detention, but the crackdown against the group continued, with 51 Brotherhood members arrested in recent days, police said.Abdel Moneim Mahmoud, 27, a well known blogger and correspondent for the...

Charles Houston & The Brotherhood of the Rope

"Charles Houston & The Brotherhood of the Rope Last night, at the American Mountaineering Center here in Golden, Colorado, I was fortunate enough to see a presentation on the life and climbs of Dr. Charles Houston and his new biography, The Brotherhood of the Rope,...

Congressional delegation meets with MB - again

"Congressional delegation meets with MB - again May 28th, 2007 at 12:08pm Issandr El Amrani Remember how a few weeks ago a Congressional delegation met — both in parliament and at an embassy function — MPs from the Muslim Brotherhood? That time around, the Egyptian...

What Islamists Need to Be Clear About: The Case of the Egyptian Muslim Brothe...

"In March 2006, Carnegie senior associates Amr Hamzawy, Marina Ottaway, and Nathan Brown explored the ambiguous position of moderate Islamist movements on crucial political issues—what the authors referred to as “gray zones”. The paper elicited many responses, positive...