“Egypt Elections: Israel Jittery After Muslim Brotherhood Victory”
Read a June 24, 2012 article about the impact of the 2012 Egyptian presidential election on Israel.
Category: Church & state
“Named Egypt’s Winner, Islamist Makes History”
Read a June 24, 2012 article from the New York Times about Mohamed Morsi’s landmark victory in Egypt’s 2012 presidential election.
“The Public Influences of African-American Churches: Contexts and Capacities”
The Public Influences of African-American Churches Project conducted focus groups and surveyed black congregations and church leaders over three years to learn about congregational involvement in elections and setting public policy since the civil rights era. Despite the existence of 8,000 black elected officials and dozens of black civic and lobbying organizations, the survey found that black churches […]
“Don’t Fear Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood”
Read a Jan. 28, 2011, essay, “Don’t Fear Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” by Bruce Riedel, a Middle East expert at the Brookings Institution.
“What is the Muslim Brotherhood?”
Read a Jan. 28, 2011, background article on the Muslim Brotherhood by CNN.com.
“Mubarak or Muslim Brotherhood not Egypt’s only choice: Experts”
A Jan. 29, 2011, post at USA Today‘s “Faith & Reason” blog rounds up articles on the religious import of the Egyptian situation.
“Do Egyptians want both democracy and a role for religion in their government?”
Read a Jan. 30, 2011, essay about the political situation in Egypt at “On Faith” by Reza Aslan, a widely cited scholar of religions.
“Egypt’s Bumbling Brotherhood”
Read a Feb. 2, 2011, op-ed in The New York Times by Scott Atran, author of Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood and the (Un)making of Terrorists. Atran argues that the Muslim Brotherhood is largely ineffectual.
“Concern about Islamists masks wide differences among them”
Read “Concern about Islamists masks wide differences among them,” a Feb. 4, 2011, report by Reuters reporter Tom Heneghan.