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Egypt Sends Christian Student, 17, to Jail for ‘Insulting Islam’

Gamal Abdou Massoud was also accused of distributing some of his cartoons to his school friends in a village in the southern city of...

TIME : Why the U.S. May Be Secretly Cheering a Muslim Brotherhood Run For Egypt’s Presidency

In a vignette of just how much the political landscape has changed since the days when the U.S. pinned its hopes on a Mubarak...

In Egyptian Hard-Liner’s Surge, the Muslim Brotherhood Gets Washington’s Backing

He has also surged to become a front-runner in the race to become Egypt’s next president, reconfiguring political battle lines here. His success may...

Egypt’s Copts Quit Panel Drafting New Constitution

The move fed growing fears that Islamists and the military will control the most important governmental bodies in post-revolutionary Egypt and minorities, women and...

Muslim Brotherhood Officials Aim to Promote Moderate Image in Washington Visit

The revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak has rapidly transformed the Brotherhood from an opposition group that had been formally banned into a political juggernaut...

In Major Reversal, Muslim Brotherhood Will Vie for Egypt’s Presidency

 The decision to field Khairat El Shater, a wealthy businessman who has served mostly behind the scenes, came after nearly a year in which...

Tunisia Constitution Will Not Cite Islamic Law

Instead, a drafting committee will preserve language in Tunisia’s current constitution that refers to Islam as the state’s religion and Arabic as its language,...

WP: Muslim Brotherhood Asserts Its Strength in Egypt with Challenges to Military

The Muslim Brotherhood’s growing influence came into sharp focus Sunday as its political wing and other Islamists established a dominant role in the 100-member...

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