Islamism – Page 2

Links January 29th and February 3rd

Automatically posted links for January 29th through February 3rd:

Qatar reports new damage to Gulf undersea cables – Fourth time in a week – I think there’s a conspiracy afoot

Libya Sovereign Wealth Fund to Shun U.S., Ghanem Says – Qadhafi puts his country’s money elsewhere

Ezzedine Choukri: “?? ???? ????? ?? ????? ???? ??? ?” – Rafah episode shows current situation is losing one for all

The path of centrist political Islam by Khalil Al-Anani – Al-Anani says MB hopeless, Wasat way forward

Robert Fisk: The curious case of the forged biography – Fisk, hagiographer of Saddam Hussein

Making a Great Arab City – I like this Rami Khouri piece on Dubai even though I am skeptical, because it praises the tradition of Arab cosmopolitan urbanism

Arab Media Watch Arab Media Watch > Home – UK outfit combats anti-Arab bias in press

Hamas explodes a giant hole in Egypt’s political cover – Op-ed takes Egypt’s hypocrisy on Palestine to task

It’s time to herald the Arabic science that prefigured Darwin and Newton – Faraday prize winner defends historic Arab scholarship

For sale: West?s deadly nuclear secrets – Whistleblower says top US officials sold nuke secrets to Pakistan (the person is not named in the article, but others say it’s Marc Grossman)

Al-Jazeera Journalist Arrested in Egypt – Howeida Taha arrested, again

AFP: Egypt censors book fair – Mohammed Choukri, Milan Kundera, Elias Khoury, Hanan al-Sheikh censored from Cairo Book Fair.

Links January 25th and January 26th

Automatically posted links for January 25th through January 26th:

The Arab – New London-based magazine on MENA

MidEast Brief::Egypt – Newish website links to articles on region

Egypt says will keep border open and help Gazans restock – Unable to stop flow of people, Egypt maintains borders open

Abbas: No talks with Hamas despite Gaza border chaos – Abu Mazen turns down Cairo talks with Hamas

PALESTINIANS CREATE NEW BREACHES DESPITE EGYPTIAN ATTEMPTS TO SEAL THE BORDER – Article mentions Egyptian tanks on their way to border

Gaza source: Hamas planned border wall blast for months – Amira Hass

Gaza into Egypt Middle East Strategy at Harvard – M. Kramer revives “give Gaza a chunk of Egypt” idea, good response by S. Cook

The People in Gaza Challenge Sham Peace Process – Juan Cole’s Informed Comment hosts Joel Beinin op-ed

ANALYSIS: Gaza border breach shows Israel that Hamas is in charge – Haaretz analysis

?????????? ?????: ????: ???? ?? ???? ??? ??????? ????? ??? – Mahdi Akef denied that Khaled Meshaal asked him to stage Gaza siege demos

Furlough Day for Gazans (Prospects for Peace) – Daniel Levy

Appeal for the defense of individual freedoms – Moroccan liberals call for right to individual freedoms after Islamist gay witch-hunt

Egypt’s Gaza policy / A pan-Arab consensus? – Haaretz analyzes Egypt’s tough position re: Gaza and Hamas

Links January 20th and January 21st

Automatically posted links for January 20th through January 21st:

al-Qaida Solicits Questions Online – Questions include “why haven’t you opened a new front in Egypt” and more depressing idiocy

Measuring liberty | When freedom stumbles | Economist.com – Look at the charts: in 1982 Egypt was “partly free,” now it is “not free”

Economics focus | Selling sex | Economist.com – Interesting article on the economics of prostitution

HAMAS ASKS EGYPT TO REOPEN RAFAH BORDER – Hamas puts Cairo on the spot

Translating the Party of God into English – Quilty reviews Hizbullah in translation

Review: Loaded Dice by Neill Lochery – Debunking of idea that UK Foreign Office is pro-Arab or anti-Israel

The rise and decline of London as a pan-Arab media hub – Media critic Najm Jarrah

An Israeli Law for Censorship of Web Comments – Elijah points to a bill in the Knesset that would enable libel laws for web comments

Why does Johnny come marching homeless? – How Iraq veterans with psychological problems end up homeless

Those troublesome engineers « Kafr al-Hanadwa – SP has a good post on why engineers are over-represented in Islamist groups

Links for January 14th

Automatically posted links for January 14th:

Daily Kos: Bush fawns over the U.A.E. – Great takedown of Bush’s appraisal of UAE as “model society”

Total, Suez, Areva to build two nuclear plants in Abu Dhabi – The Middle East nuclear race that really matters

Bush Nudges Mideast on Democracy – Story number 129747247 on Bush abandoning democracy talk

Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel – Tiny Iranian boats not aggressive and posed no threat

Pursuing happiness behind the veil – The LAT’s Jeffrey Fleishman: king of the mixed metaphor

Islamists emerge in stifled Tunisia – Returnee mujahideen spell trouble

Kuwait set to invest as Merrill seeks $4bn – Another big Gulfie investment in top Western financial firm

EGYPT HOLDS ARMY OFFICERS FOR ‘PLOTTING ISRAEL ATTACKS’ – Now, if you were an Egyptian Islamist in the army, would it be Israel that’s your target?

EGYPT: Iraqi refugee return driven by lack of money IRIN Middle East | Middle East | Egypt | EGYPT: Iraqi refugee return driven by lack of money | Early Warning Refugees/IDPs | News Item – Iraqis fleeing death find poverty in Egypt

Links for January 11th

Automatically posted links for January 11th:

Islam and democracy | The practice?and the theory | Economist.com – Rather flawed piece since it alleges democracy not discussed in Muslim lands

The Arabs | Between fitna, fawda and the deep blue sea | Economist.com – “IT IS not easy to be an Arab these days”

George MacDonald Fraser – Economist obituary of Flashman creator

ACLU: Court Rejects Government?s Attempt to Deport Egyptian to Torture – Egyptian convert successfully claims torture is likely if sent back to Egypt

House Leaders Vow Tough Stance on Iran – Tom Lantos potential successors just as gung-ho on Israel

Torture In Egypt: The Nadeem Center?s Report at 3arabawy – Hossam has torture report available for download

Egypt names site of first nuclear reactor – It’s Dabaa, whatever the real estate speculators wanted!

CIA: We said back in 1974 that Israel had nuclear weapons – But in Seymour Hersh’s “Samson Option” it’s clear the US knew, but did not want to hear, in late 1960s

25 Simply Amazing Mosques – List includes many modern mosques, but what about Hassan II in Casablanca?

Threat To Cut U.S. Aid Opens Rift With Egypt – Forward looks at Egypt’s accusations at Israel lobby

Links January 9th and January 10th

Automatically posted links for January 9th through January 10th:

??????? ???? ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ?«?????» ??????? – Egypt cuts subsidies on food oils, etc.

151,000 civilians killed since Iraq invasion – WHO, Iraq Gov says revises death tool (1/4 that of Lancet)

Has the Era of Cheap Oil and Food Prices Ended? – Walid Khadduri addresses top question in many Arabs’ minds

Can the Middle East sustain democracy? Middle East Strategy at Harvard – Debate on Arab democracy – Alterman, Dunne, Carpenter, etc. in comments

La rééducation des terroristes d’Arabie saoudite – Jihadi re-education: to do jihad, make sure the Saudi Gov says it’s OK

US candidates are vague on Middle East democracy – Steven Cook examines — Edwards has most concrete plans

Jacob?s Jottings: The Case of Fouad Ajami The National Interest – Another Ajami takedown, this time on his newfound Huntingtonism

Rehabilitating Libya – International Herald Tribune – Op-ed reminds of Libya’s nastiness — or does it not count when victims are not Western?

Democracy: inevitable no more – M. Albright on democracy, but she was never a supporter of Arab democracy

Saudi Calls on Sarkozy to Visit Alone – After some in Egypt were outraged by Sarko’s new girlfriend, Saudi draws the line

Links December 19th and January 5th

Automatically posted links for December 19th through January 5th:

Fashion and Faith Meet, on Foreheads of the Pious – NYT article from Dec 2007 on that bizarre Egyptian fetish, the zebibah

Al Jazeera appelée à présenter ses excuses – Al Jazeera called on by its Algerian staff to apologize for poll about Algiers attacks

Le Monde.fr : Le Dakar 2008 a été annulé – Paris-Dakar race cancelled for first time because of “al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” threats

Benazir Bhutto | Economist.com – A good obituary

AFP: Egyptian woman in legal test of SMS divorce: report – Woman argues third divorce SMS makes it legal

Guardian’s Tehran correspondent expelled without explanation – Robert Tait kicked out of Iran

Anti-Zionist author kicks off speaking tour of Lebanon – Norman Finkelstein tour

Du Nil à la Seine, l’étrange destin des Badraouis – Unusual story about an Egyptian village that specializes in emigrating to France

U.S. envoy Jones starts Mideast security push – New American governor of Palestine arrives

Links for 12-18 December

Automatically posted links for December 12th through December 18th:

Democracy Digest – Newsletter on democracy developments in Arab world and elsewhere, current issue has article on MB
BBC World Service | ‘Free to Speak’ Events – Is new media the only truly independent media in the Arab world today?
GWOT: Egypt – Negar Azimi on Egypt and the “Global War On Terror”
Islamist calls for boycott of Egypt billionaire – “An Islamist shaikh on Monday called for a boycott of the companies of telecommunications billionaire Naguib Sawiris for speaking out against the influence of Islam on public life in Egypt.”
YEARENDER: In Egypt, unrest will spill over into 2008 – corrected : Middle East World – In the last few months of 2007, Egypt has experienced a series of massive workers strikes, motivated by none other than poor standards of living and lack of privileges, foreboding the beginning of a possible “uprising” by Egypt’s poor.
Incumbent Regimes and the ?King?s Dilemma? in the Arab World: Promise and Threat of Managed Reform – Carnegie report says political stagnation seen as more likely outcome if regimes not serious about reform
Arab Reform Bulletin: December 2007 – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Beyond the FaÃ§ade: Political Reform in the Arab World – New book by Carnegie Endowment
Anthropologists on the Front Lines – TIME – TIME looks at debates in academic community about Human Terrain Teams
The Press Association: Army chief among Beirut blast dead – Michel Suleiman successor killed

Links for 5-6 December

Automatically posted links for December 5th through December 6th:

CAB Advised To Audit Independent Newspapers – al-Masri al-Youm English story on a decision to have government accounting office audit independent newspaper. Is seen as an attack on freedom of the press, could provide pretexts for newspapers to be shut down or financially pressured
25 Al-Azhar University Students Detained Wednesday Dawn – Latest crackdown on Islamist students at al-Azhar, who in the past few months have staged sit-ins to protest the exclusion of some Islamist from the university and its dorms. MB leaders I’ve spoken to recently said it is becoming more difficult for them t
Le Monde.fr : RSF rÃ©compense le blogueur Ã©gyptien Kareem Amer, emprisonnÃ© pour quatre ans – Reporters Without Borders gives Karim Amer its annual prize
Tunisia’s Ben Ali promises more democracy – METimes.com – And I promise you the moon is made of solid gold
Shatah?An Egyptian Cleric Adored By Muslims And Americans, Unheard Of In Egypt – al-Masri al-Youm profiles up-and-coming Egyptian imam in Amreeka who is Amr Khaled fan
Islamists Today: The Autumn of Arab Islamists – Khalil al-Anani continues to see Islamists on the decline
Changes in Guantanamo Bay SOP manual (2003-2004) – Wikileaks – Comparison in leaked 2003 and 2004 Guantanamo Bay Standard Operating Procedures has evidence of abuses

Links for 2 December

Automatically posted links for November 30th through December 2nd:

AEI – The problem of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt frees jailed Shiite rights activists: lawyers – Dereini released
Self-styled morality police now commonplace in Egypt – This story might slightly exagerate but it is definitely becoming more common – just try to take the metro if you’re female. My question is whether this is personal initiative or organized dawa.
Training your first responders – MountainRunner – I feel bad for laughing at this (thanks, x)
Arab FMs see Livni as ?Dracula’s younger sister? – “Why doesn’t anyone want to shake my hand?” she asked. “Why doesn’t anyone want to be seen speaking to me?”
“Roger Cohen: Viva Mubarak, Fuera Chavez!” by Ken Silverstein (Harper’s Magazine) – Ken Silverstein points out Roger Cohen’s double standards — but it’s not just about strategic interests, Ken. It’s also and has long been about racism against non-white, (mostly) non-Christian people.
BlogosphÃ¨re marocaine : liens utiles – Larbi’s list of useful links to the Moroccan blogosphere