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The Syrian Opposition
For decades, U.S. policy toward Syria has been single-mindedly focused on Syria’s president, Hafiz al-Asad, from 1970 to 2000, followed by his son Bashar.
Radical Islam in the Maghreb
The development of a radical Islamist movement has been a major featureof Algerian political life since the mid-1970s, especially after the death of PresidentHouari Boumediène, the Republic’s first president, in December 1978.
COMPARING THREE MUSLIM BROTHERHOODS: SYRIA, JORDAN, EGYPT
The banner of the Islamist revolution in the Middle East today has largely passed to groups sponsored by or derived from the Muslim Brotherhood.
Current Trends in the Ideology of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
The American-led Middle East reform and democratization campaign of the last twoyears has helped shape a new political reality in Egypt.
Egypt’s Constitutional Test: Averting the March toward Islamic Fundamentalism
After gaining overwhelming support in a March 2007 national referendum, long-time Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak introduced new constitutional amendments that effectively give more power to the president and loosen controls on security forces.
The Political Revival of Islam: The Case of Egypt
e Middle East was the cradle of the world’s three great monotheistic religions,and to this day they continue to play a very important role it its affairs.
The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria and the concept of Democracy
The statement talks about what it calls “the modern state” which is “a contractual one, whose
contract springs from a free and conscious desire between the ruler and the ruled
Syrian Muslim Brothers and the Syrian-Iranian Relationship.
The ‘Alawis of Syria are part of the Shi’a stream; this has led to an alliance with Iran, the center of Shi’ite Islam.
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