Redemption of a Fallen Ministry

The rehabilitation of Egypt’s police apparatus continues. The interior ministry and its numerous security and intelligence agencies were the backbone of Mubarak’s corrupt police state. But they suffered a severe blow during the uprising against Mubarak two years ago, and the story […]

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A defence of the coup

I had an interesting conversation with Egyptian political analyst Hassan Nafaa the other day in which I heard one of the more convincing explanation of the coup against Mursi. His argument was that the Brotherhood presidency was becoming so well-ensconced that 1. […]

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On The Caliphate

The word caliphate, or khilafa in Islamic political theory, has been bandied around a lot over the past two years by opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood and sister movements of political Islam. Whether the Brotherhood would like to recreate this political institution or […]

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