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Muslim Brotherhood

Islamism: R.I.P.

Ray Takeyh | Mar 01, 2001
Violent and preoccupied with power, Islamist ideology is a shell game whose time is up.

Commentary

Egypt's Growing Pains

Benny Morris | Jan 25, 2012
The new government in Cairo has pledged to focus on internal issues, but radical ideology and international dilemmas will win out.

Five Lessons Egypt Should Learn from Pakistan

Arif Rafiq | Jan 13, 2012
Egypt is on course to follow Pakistan's dangerous path. What Cairo should learn before it's too late.

Fostering Political Change in Egypt

Amitai Etzioni | Dec 27, 2011
Egypt will not become a liberal democracy overnight. Washington is betting on the wrong horse in Cairo.
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Blogs

Foolish Suspicion of Political Islam

Paul R. Pillar | Jan 29, 2012
Fear and Islamophobia drive Western media to misrepresent the largely peaceful, moderate Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.

Alarmism on Islamism

Paul R. Pillar | Dec 04, 2011
The real reasons why the post-Arab Spring success of Islamist movements makes the West so uncomfortable.

Of Mosque and Military

Malou Innocent | Aug 26, 2011
A dictatorless tyranny on one side. Radical Islamists on the other. Egypt's options are not promising.

Books & Reviews

Qutb and the Jews

Benny Morris | Oct 20, 2010
The conventional wisdom says Sayyid Qutb is the forefather of modern-day Islamic fundamentalism. What is less known is how the thinker's intense anti-Semitism and contempt for female sexuality contributed to this vulgar worldview.

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