“Unrest in Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood”
Read a Jan. 31, 2011, analysis, “Unrest in Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood,” by Jonathan Wright, a former Reuters correspondent in the Middle East who currently lives in Cairo.
Region: Middle East & North Africa
“Copts say Egypt regime change trumps Islamist fears”
“Copts say Egypt regime change trumps Islamist fears,” is a Feb. 1, 2011, story from Reuters.
“Coptic Pope Backs Mubarak; Other Christians Speak Out”
Read a Feb. 2, 2011, story from EthicsDaily.com about the Christian response to the conflict in Egypt.
“Can the Arab revolt learn from Turkish model?”
Read a Feb. 2, 2011, analysis from a Reuters correspondent in Turkey.
“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.
“5 Reasons the Muslim Brotherhood Won’t Turn on Israel”
Read “5 Reasons the Muslim Brotherhood Won’t Turn On Israel,” a Feb. 3, 2011, column at ReligionDispatches.org by Haroon Moghul.
“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.
“Global Restrictions on Religion”
A 2009 Pew Forum report on restrictions on religion around the world found that Egypt is among the countries with the highest government restrictions on religion.
“Egypt, Democracy and Islam”
A 2010 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project found that a majority of Egyptian Muslims said that democracy was preferable to any other kind of government. An overwhelming majority also viewed Islam’s influence in politics as positive.