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The Middle East's most powerful Islamic political movement is undergoing a leadership struggle as young, more moderate activists try to push the Muslim Brotherhood to soften its fundamentalist ideology and become a more democratic force.
Egyptian police say they've arrested nearly 40 members of the country's largest opposition group, the banned Muslim Brotherhood.
An Egyptian military court on Tuesday convicted 25 key members of Egypt's largest opposition group and sentenced them to up to 10 years in jail, a security official said.
The Egyptian state prosecutor on Wednesday ordered 147 detained members of the Muslim Brotherhood to be investigated on rioting accusations, a judicial official said, in the latest crackdown on the country's largest opposition group.
Egypt's largest opposition group accused the government of sharply curbing its chances in upcoming local elections by allowing only 60 of its 10,000 potential candidates to register amid an ongoing crackdown against the group.
Police arrested 26 members of the Muslim Brotherhood in an ongoing crackdown on Egypt's largest Islamic opposition group ahead of next month's local election, a security official and the group's Web site said.
Police arrested 64 members of Egypt's largest opposition movement on Tuesday, the first day for registration of candidates for key local council elections, the group and police said.
Egyptian police on Wednesday arrested 25 members of the country's largest opposition movement, the banned Muslim Brotherhood, the group and police said.
An Islamic fundamentalist group accused Egypt's government on Thursday of trying to prevent the opposition movement from running in key April local elections by arresting its potential candidates.
A prominent leader of Egypt's most powerful opposition group who is standing trial in a military court said Monday that the proceedings against him and 39 other senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood were an "ongoing farce."
The Muslim Brotherhood has laid down its first detailed political platform, which would bar women and Christians from becoming president and establish a board of Muslim clerics to oversee the government, reminiscent of Iran's Islamic state.
Federal investigators toiled for years to build a case strong enough to cut off the head of a notorious white-supremacist prison gang and end its 40-year reign over the federal and state prison systems.
Whoever it was probably lived a few thousand years ago, somewhere in East Asia — Taiwan, Malaysia and Siberia all are likely locations. He — or she — did nothing more remarkable than be born, live, have children and die.
Did I gather to much, I have his face. I continued his war, his shared disgrace. Did I escape unscathed, intact partially whole, Or did I wash on a cold river shoal. I barely survived stained by his blood, Helped by my faith in God's flood. I built my castle, my throne, my …
We grew up hard and grew up fast, We created memories built to last. On the river, in the woods and through the marsh, We lived life through times that were somewhat harsh. We each coped with life in various ways, Grew strong and wild in those hot humid days. The paths we t …
Does 'C Street' give 'accountability groups' bad name? - Faith & ReasonDoes 'C Street' give 'accountability groups' bad name?
6 Famous Characters You Didn't Know Were Shameless Rip Offs | Cracked.comAlways knew Lion King was a rip-off of Japan's Kimba the White Lion! Never understood why Marvel kept the name 'Brotherhood of Evil Mutants'!
Chinese news agency Xinhuanet earlier reported that more that 156 people on Sunday had lost their lives in Urumqi, the capital of China's autonomous province Xinjiang where ethnic violence erupted. Hundreds are reported injured.
Showtime's Brotherhood CancelledIt's sad but true that a lot of TV series don't get the chance to do a proper finale – and are unceremoniously cancelled after they wrapped up their most recent season, with the show's creators not given specific prior knowledge that their series won't be back.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood dismisses Obama speechCAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood dismissed Saturday U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to deliver a speech to the Muslim world from Egypt as part of a plan to keep Arab and Muslim states divided.
I think, when Cain asked God, "Am I my brother's keeper?" The answer was and is yes.Here are two sparkling works from a couple of the Magic Viners. Hope you will weigh in with your thoughts after you enjoy the simple and startling words of Slemay and Spaceyhippie. Enjoy, Em
"A man can no more diminish GOD's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell." C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
Human rights document heads into spacePARIS, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Sixty years after its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is about to journey into space.
This economic collapse is pre-plannedHere is a quotation from David Icke in his 1998 best-selling book, 'The Biggest Secret'?
A new Child Law recently passed by the Egyptian legislature has once again brought up the thorny issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Egypt.
What Dennis Has DoneOur national sustenance is found in our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, and it's been many months that we've been deprived of them.
I remember on one of my last missions seeing a sign the sign read "Farewell Baghdad". I had seen this sign on many other occasions on this route. And that night this sign had held a little more significance for me. I knew soon we would be saying our own farewells to Baghdad.
In Matthew 24:12, the Bible says that the love of the greater number will cool off.
2007 Intergalactic Space Probe Expedition / Earth Rejected Again Report: We have penetrated to within 1,180 miles of Planet Earth and are currently holding and awaiting your instructions.
"Their pink and white exterior gleamed at me like jewels. I put one in my mouth. Instant gratification. Ecstasy flowed over my skin."
Khaleej Times Online - Holier than MeAN INTRIGUING part of the conversation between the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus and "an educated Persian" now made world-famous by Pope Benedict XVI, is that the Persian seems to have no name.
Pope Apologizes Personally to MuslimsThe pope has apologized, there is nothing to see here, run along everyone.
Sayyid Qutb: The father of Al-Qa'idaThey're the shadowy foe at the centre of the War on Terror.
Brotherhood: Samyutta 11:10 - TV SquadThe line separating the bad guys and the worse guys gets further obliterated this week. Caffe brother Michael does a favor that taints those involved.
A welcome, increasing trend among free TV networks, such as ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox, involves rebroadcasting shows from their basic- or premium-cable sister stations the same week or soon after episodes debut on pay TV.
Political Islam - Forty shades of green | Economist.comHere lies a paradox. The two best known forms of political Islam (broadly speaking, al-Qaeda and the Brotherhood) have common ideological origins.
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