Opinion

The Final Task for Egypt’s Brass

The SCAF, a 20-member body of Egypt’s top military brass once headed by Hosni Mubarak, was initially hailed as a defender of the uprising,...

Islamist Hate for a Dead Pope

In short, human nature took over. Some of Egypt's Muslims saw in Pope Shenouda a beloved national figure—much to the chagrin of Islam's clerics,...

US Academic Watches in Despair as Egypt Unravels

“It’s generally an Islamist direction, but not all in one channel,” he said. “There is a major wave – there are some backwashes and...

What Do Egyptians Want? A Democratically Elected Islamist Dictatorship

 Some years ago, for example, I analyzed a Pew poll that we were told proved moderation because it showed that people in Arab and...

Jihad Comes to Egypt:
Islamists Expose Their True Face Before Elections

There, in front of the Defense Ministry, the Islamists exposed their true face—exposed their hunger for power, their unpatriotic motivations, and their political ineptitude....

Ayman Zawahiri’s Brother Leads Jihadi Protest Against Military

Sheikh Muhammad Zawahiri also confirmed that his followers of the notorious al-Gama al-Islamiya—the "Islamic Group," a terrorist organization famous for the 1997 Luxor Massacre,...

The American Media Gets an Egyptian Presidential Candidate All Wrong

Abouel Fotouh’s reputation as a “liberal Islamist” is largely the product of his views on political inclusion. As he notes in his memoirs, he...

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