Opinion

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,...

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,...

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

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

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....

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,...

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...