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 r̩compense le blogueur ̩gyptien Kareem Amer, emprisonn̩ pour quatre ans РReporters 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