Month: July 2012

  • News and Analysis (7/13/12)

    “Whether or not armed conflict is imminent, Sinai leaders say they have increasingly taken on tasks the state is not performing;” but that their courts “are not imposing corporal punishments … and are only arbitrating disputes among people who agree in writing to adhere to the decision of the scholars”: In Egypt’s Sinai Desert, Islamic…

  • News and Analysis (7/11/12)

    The relative failure of the Islamists in Libya demonstrates that votes for Islamists are not simply ideological. Factors such as tribal affiliations, organizational strength, and perceived foreign influence also come into the picture at the voting polls: Why the Islamists Are Not Winning in Libya (Time) Analysis: New Arab Spring Triumph Eluding Islamists in Libya (Reuters) The…

  • News and Analysis (7/9/12)

    A former adviser to the Gadhaffi regime, the apparent winner of the Libyan election by a landslide characterizes his party as diverse rather than liberal and calls fora  grand coalition to govern: Libyan Elections: Moderate Mahmoud Jibril Poised for Victory (Guardian) “[I]f we only look at anti-Muslim sentiment post-9/11, we would miss a lot. In…

  • News and Analysis (7/6/12)

    The pattern of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood breaking its promises when confronted by its rivals’ over estimates of their own popularity with the electorate fuels a spiral of distrust that only benefits the ruling military: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Long Game (Foreign Affairs) “I’d be surprised if Islamists, from the Brotherhood and other parties, don’t secure most…

  • News and Analysis (7/4/12)

    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday apologized for Pakistani military deaths in a November airstrike, and she announced the reopening of NATO supply lines to Afghanistan. U.S. and Pakistan Hint at Deal to Reopen NATO Supply Routes (New York Times) The al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters who have used pick-axes, shovels and hammers to shatter…

  • News and Analysis (7/1/12)

    Taking his oath of office in Tahrir Square, Morsi swears to put the Egyptian people ahead of the military and promises to challenge the U.S. imprisonment of “the Blind Shaikh” convicted of the non-crime of free speech: Egypt’s President-elect Takes Aim at Generals with Informal Oath of Office (Guardian) Mohamed Morsi vows to free blind…

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