Muslim Brotherhood

8-As the army tightens its grip 12- once the security forces moved in on the Islamist protesters 19-The military, which brought down a democratically elected government last month 21-has ignited Islamist fury further by trying to crush the Muslim Brotherhood. Protesters as actor 13- who have occupied public squares in Cairo short passive likewise The Gulf News uses more short passive structures (the actor goes unmentioned) it used five time ; 3-‘Rabaa Al Adawiya has been cleared…

during the 19th and 20th century, Islamic fundamentalism has gained many of its members through different attributes and advantages of the 21th century. A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 1.57 billion Muslims of all ages living in the world today, representing 23% of an estimated 2009 world population of 6.8 billion (Pew Research Center). Some of these causes are globalization, immigration, social identity and technology. All of these reason make…

Times, written by chief White House correspondent Peter Baker, he explores the possible designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. As proved by Locke’s writings religious tolerance isn’t a new idea by any means, yet in the modern day world of terrorism, to what extent does tolerance extend until it becomes passive. One argument Baker presents is that the brotherhood has openly promoted and supported the palestinian group, Hamas, a terrorist organization, setting…

It is natural to take the world around us for granted. We assume that the things we grow up with are new concepts and ideas, but we must take the time to delve deeper into history to realize that every “new” thing can be attributed to an older thing. It is difficult to see the nuances in history, and to connect them to more recent developments. The pyramids weren’t built in a single day, and neither was the concept of democracy in the American revolution. Everything builds on something previous.…

didn't want to give up their gods. As more and more people became Muslims, Makkah started a boycott. This went on for 3 years and the Hashim clan suffered. Although, all was hard for Muslims they did not break their will. In 619, Abu Talib, Muhammad's uncle, and Khadija died. Even though life seemed horrible for Muhammad, the Qur’an tells the story of the Night Journey. A winged horse takes Muhammad to Jerusalem, the place where early Muslims directed their prayers. Muhammad met and prayed with…

theology all flourished under Islam, seen through numerous Arabic texts written by a handful of renown Muslim scholars. Therefore, the question that should be asked is, as Europe was plunging into an era of stagnation, what are the factors that led the Muslim world to do the opposite? To answer this, the words within the Quran must be understood, along with the historical context of Arabia and later-Muslim civilizations. Like the Torah and the Bible, the Quran was highly open to interpretation,…

van der Zee’s articles, The Root of Muslim Rage and The Root of Muslim Rage Revisited, portray the tension amid Muslims and the West. Sorrowfully, there are horrific happenings that are done by Muslims, which predicts that Islam is a religion of violence. Moreover, the clash of civilizations…

jihadism to develop and flourish. Several key decisive events illustrate this first point. The end of the Ottoman Empire and enactment of the Sykes-Picot agreement broke the empire into secular nations under western influence. This spawned the Muslim Brotherhood a mere four years later in 1928, arguably the first jihadist group seeking the reestablishment of the dissolved Caliphate. Another pivotal event was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which energized jihadist fervor and planted the…

home. After studying economics and business administration at King Abdulaziz University marrying five or six wives, and having over twenty children, he joined the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. This eventually led him to his radical ideology.…

through repeated forms of governments and alliances, including being part of the United Arab Republic with Egypt, to see what was best for the people. Hafez al-Assad of the Baath party took control in 1970 much to the dissatisfaction of the Muslim Brotherhood (Polk). Assad brought about socialist ideas and put a lot of power in his hands with the new constitution in 1973. In 2000, he died and his son Bashar al-Assad assumed power under the Baath party. Assad has the same idealistic vision as his…