The Islamists : The Compass, Islam, People and Power

BBC World Service, The Compass, The Islamists: The Compass, Islam, People and Power "What should the relationship be between Islam and the state? This is the question which dominates political debate in the Arab world. Many traditional Islamic scholars believe in the separation of religion and politics. For the Muslim Brotherhood though – the Arab world’s foremost social and political movement - the goal is to create an Islamic state."

Britain orders probe into Muslim Brotherhood

Britain orders probe into Muslim Brotherhood - Al Arabiya News "
"A Downing Street spokeswoman said: "The Prime Minister has commissioned an internal government review into the philosophy and activities of the Muslim Brotherhood and the government's policy towards the organization.""

Egypt arrests 11 Islamists for Facebook activity

Egypt arrests 11 Islamists for Facebook activity, AP/Yahoo News, 30 Jan 2014 "Egyptian authorities arrested 11 Muslim Brotherhood members accused of running Facebook pages that incite violence against the police, expanding a crackdown on followers of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to include social media."

Muslim Brotherhood rapper resists Egypt military government with music

NBC, Muslim Brotherhood rapper resists Egypt military government with music 

"With its television stations shuttered and many of its leaders jailed, the Brotherhood has lost the traditional means to spread its message, and the work has fallen to younger, more media-savvy members like Sharif.

"Armed with YouTube accounts, Quranic verse, Malcolm X quotations, and rugged beats sampled from the Internet, young songwriters and rappers are trying to breathe new life into the beleaguered movement."

#Egypt - Muslim Brotherhood and Salafis

Al-Ahram Weekly, Head-to-head "There is a long history of antagonism between the Muslim Brothers and Salafis. Any accommodation between the two partners in political Islam has invariably been short lived. Since the declaration of the new roadmap on 3 July their relationship has been in free fall. The Salafist Calling, and its political wing the Nour Party, signed up to the roadmap in the hope of promoting itself as the acceptable alternative to the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing." Opinion and analysis

"Crucifixions in Egypt & Al Azhar Fatwas Encouraging Violence?: More Islamophobic Nonsense"

The American Muslim (TAM), Crucifixions in Egypt & Al Azhar Fatwas Encouraging Violence?: More Islamophobic Nonsense
this story featured in the Daily Mail today

SCAF

FT, Egypt’s military hits at Muslim Brotherhood

aljazeera, Egyptians pack Tahrir to slam military 'coup' also check out their Live Blog

Ikhwan Online

إخوان أون لاين -الموقع الرسمي لجماعة الإخوان المسلمين:

Also see Ikhwan Online - interesting to see the coverage at present:

Egypt

Telegraph, Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood candidate takes marginal lead as army power grab overshadows election, 19 Jun 2012:

Update on Egyptian election:

Opinion piece on Muslim Brotherhood

Amira Nowaira, Guardian, Comment is free, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood continues to alienate itself from the people, 25 Nov 2011 "In deciding to stay away from these protests, the Brotherhood may have committed its gravest mistake to date. The footage showing a dead protester being dragged by a security officer and dumped near a rubbish heap, appearing on many satellite channels and the internet, has not only shocked and enraged Egyptians, but it has sent them out on to the streets in their thousands to protest against this outrage."

'In Egypt, young and tech-savvy Islamists try to project new image'

Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, In Egypt, young and tech-savvy Islamists try to project new image, 13 Oct 2011 ""Where's My Ear?" is a satire on the colliding passions and deep suspicions between liberals and ultraconservative Muslims like him, known as Salafis, who have become a pronounced political voice in the new Egypt. The short film has gotten more than 80,000 hits on YouTube and has made [Mohamed] Tolba a celebrity and a curiosity among the Koran set." Mohamed Tolba's video is here

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood

Ahmed Shihab Eldin, Al Jazeera English, The Stream: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood - Opinion, 20 Jun 2011 "The Brotherhood's youth may still be part of the organisation, but they are first and foremost part of a generation that, like the #TweetNadwa participants, interacts with a wide range of individuals and groups through the internet and social media as well as books and satellite television."

ikhwanweb.com opinion

I was interested to see this report from ikhwanweb.com ('the Muslim Brotherhoods official English site') which I place here for information purposes.

ikhwanweb.com, Arab Youth – Changing Worldwide Perceptions, 16 Apr 2011

"With a background in technology and exposure to the rest of the world, today's Arab youth have managed to form their own modernity taking into account their religious and social values. They want to be a part of the globalized world, rather than just a copy of the West."

Muslim Brotherhood

Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz, Where is Egypt's Muslim brotherhood headed?, 7 Apr 2011: "The movement's leader, Khairat Al Shater, who was recently released from prison, appealed to members of the movement to make suggestions for reform and to voice their complaints against the leadership. Unsurprisingly, he formulated this call on a special Facebook page of the Muslim Brotherhood Internet site, aiming his appeal at the Young Brotherhood - the group calling for far-reaching administrative reforms within the movement."

HolyBookers 1 – Facebookers 0

Jo Johnson, The Spectator, Web Exclusive: HolyBookers 1 – Facebookers 0, 22 Mar 2011 : "Wael Ghonim, Google’s head of marketing and an emblematic figure for the Facebookers, also looks deflated on the day of the referendum, after riffing to a half-empty auditorium in the trendy Zamelek quarter of Cairo about the need to get more people onto the internet. But he also says it is time to stop isolating the Brothers. “They are not terrorists. They are part of us. We must give them a chance. They’ve promised not to go for a majority and I believe they’ll show restraint.”"

Interesting article/op-ed from the MP for Orpington.

opinion piece: 'Will Egypt's youth meet history's challenge?'

opinion piece: Walter Laqueur, CBS News, Will Egypt's youth meet history's challenge?, 17 Mar 2011

"It isn't clear what sort of staying power or political undergirding the Twitter crowd has--and, in the meantime, the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups continue to hold intellectual power. Just as the youthful hope of January was so high, the youthful despair coming could be equally great. The road to freedom and democracy will be long."

Egypt: Egypt sees a new breed of Islamists

Ned Parker, atimes.com, Egypt: Egypt sees a new breed of Islamists, 14 Feb 2011 ""We are seeing a new Egypt," said Diaa Rashwan, an analyst at the Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. "The old descriptions will not apply. We will have more Islamic parties than just the Muslim Brotherhood. We will also have more liberal parties, and more national parties.""

Muslim Brotherhood

thedailybeast.com, Meet Radical Islam's Tech Guru, 26 Dec 2010"Despite getting trounced in the most recent election, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Web geeks are transforming Egypt’s Islamist group from a shadowy organization with power bases in mosques and charities into a media-savvy machine."

Egyptian Elections

Asharq Alawsat, The Egyptian Elections The Egyptian Elections, 29 Nov 2010: "This atmosphere has triggered unconventionally heated debates on the internet, as well as extensive and untraditional news coverage. However this internet coverage is also strained and tense for the memory of the Egyptian public is alive and well and nobody has forgotten what previously happened to a group of journalists, bloggers, and political activists whose punishment ranged from imprisonment to torture to death."