IAF leaders insist on list of conditions before participating in government by Khaled Neimat | Apr 06,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Islamists would embrace the Moroccan model in their future participation in government, provided that a short list of conditions is met. Jamil Abu Baker, spokesperson for the Muslim […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon Three great battles over political power have been unleashed across the Arab world and will persist for many years, until a new political order stabilizes in every country. One in particular is now reaching an important point that will reveal much about […]
By OSAMA AL SHARIF, ARABNEWS Arab Islamist movements have never been so close to grabbing power through open and democratic elections as they are today. They have already succeeded in Tunisia and Egypt. They are expected to do well in Algeria’s upcoming polls. And if elections are held in Jordan […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star The decision last week by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to abandon its external headquarters in Damascus and support Syrians demonstrating for the removal of Bashar Assad’s regime is noteworthy on several levels. All of them affirm the vulnerable and changing nature of […]
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Saturday called on parliament to outlaw accusations of blasphemy as a threat to public order. “Such practices can threaten the peace between citizens living in the same country and lead to conflict,” Marzouki warned in a statement. He asked the president and members of the […]
By REUTERS Published: Feb 23, 2012 18:32 Updated: Feb 24, 2012 16:06 PARIS: After months of reassuring secularist critics, Islamist politicians in Tunisia and Egypt have begun to lay down markers about how Muslim their states should be — and first signs show they want more religion than previously admitted. […]
NY Times: Of 14,000 murders last year in the US not a single was attributed to Islamist radicalism. A feared wave of homegrown terrorism by radicalized Muslim Americans has not […]
Source: Agence France Press – JORDAN TIMES. ISTANBUL — For many in the Arab world, Turkey embodies something of an elusive ideal: an Islamist-based democracy with a strong economy. A […]
Kuwait’s Islamist-led opposition has won a landslide majority in Kuwait’s snap polls by securing 34 seats in the 50-member parliament, officials results released on Friday showed Source: GulfNews Kuwait City: […]
A newly elected Islamist deputy was scolded on Monday for adding a religious reference to the swearing-in oath at the opening session of Egypt’s first post-revolution parliament. The deputies started to be sworn in one by one, pledging to “preserve the safety of the nation and the interests of people […]
Islamic political parties don’t endanger democracy. Powerful leaders do by Fareed Zakaria As 2011 was coming to a close, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a remarkable speech to his parliament. Assessing the Arab Spring barely a year after it had begun, Netanyahu announced triumphantly that it had failed, that […]
Euro News: With EYP – the European Youth Parliament Masha from France: I’d like to know if Muslim extremism is a real issue in Europe. Michaël Privot, Director of the European Network Against Racism, responds: Reports from Europol on terrorism threats since 2006 show that, out of roughly 2,150 attacks […]
AFP: MANILA – The Philippines said Sunday it was preparing to enter a “substantive” phase of peace talks with Muslim rebels aimed at ending a long-running insurgency in the country’s troubled south. Teresita Deles, the chief presidential adviser on the peace process, said peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation […]
CAIRO/AMMAN — In a few words, a simple invitation to Christmas services ignited weeks of fears and highlighted a widening gap between Islamists and Egypt’s largest minority. Despite its electoral rise stretching from Alexandria to Aswan, observers say the resistance to the presence of Islamists at Friday’s Christmas services stands […]
The Arab revolutions have altered perceptions of the region. The new regimes may have democratic foundations but they won’t look like anything the West or liberals may hope for, especially in Egypt. Still, even if they end up being governed or dominated by Islamist parties, the new regimes that have […]