Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Confirms Existence of US Muslim Brotherhood

CAIRO, Egypt - An Egyptian news agency that transmitted footage of protesters tearing down a portrait of the president was fined $27,000 for operating unlicensed equipment, and its owner said Sunday he was targeted as a warning to other media.... more

All the old paintings on the tombs They do the sand dance don't you know If they move too quick (Oh whey oh) They're ...... more

ISLAMABAD (AFP) — An Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative -- described by the United States as the terror network’s propaganda chief -- was killed in a missile strike in Pakistan, security officials said on Saturday.... more

From Press TV Sun, 23 Nov 2008 Egyptian security forces have arrested 17 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on charges of taking part in an alleged illegal meeting.... more

Q1. Why is there a need for Islamic revival as has become so evident across the globe today? A1. The term revival implies a certain imperative for renewal. This has happen for the ummah on two fronts. One is obviously the energy that comes from the revival of a certain spirit of pride and dignity that emanates from the believer’s inner desire to carry out the ideal of surrender to Allah in a capacity to influence individuals, family and society towards a better community. So the revival in ... more

13 Questions (feel free to add more) that I feel SOMD Muslims should answer. However, I feel that I’m only one person, and need more to make it heard in the SOMD community and beyond. From SOMD.com worship references, points of contact are: Masjid Abdul-Moghni Church 111 Howard Street La Plata, MD 20646 301-609-8769 Southern Maryland Islamic Center Route 4 PO Box 3366 Prince Frederick, MD 20678 410-535-0000 I couldn&rsquo... more

by Edward L. Daley   Tune your television to any political talk show during this venomous electoral season, and you’re bound to hear a bunch of pundits speculating on the future of the Republican party. Even before the Mark Foley e-diddling scandal broke a couple of weeks ago, conventional wisdom held that the GOP was headed for a seriously weakened majority presence in Congress, and perhaps even minority status in one of the two houses. For the first time in quite a while IR... more

A recent edition of the Hopewell News, a Virginia newspaper reported, “A Richmond attorney…has advised the Prince George County School Board not to block a proposed Gay-Straight Alliance club from forming at Prince George High School.�  “Should the issue be taken to court�, said attorney D. Pat Lacy, Sr. of Richmond, “the school system would lose.�  (Gay-Straight Club Active at PGHS, Hopewell News, Oct. 6, 2006)   Common sense, traditional values Americans ar... more

by Edward L. Daley   A few weeks ago I wrote an article titled ‘The Underrepresented Conservative Base’ 1, in which I speculated that “Maybe losing the House of Representatives for a couple of years is exactly what the Republican party needs to wake it up and give it a great big shove back toward its conservative roots.” This statement evoked a considerable amount of anger from Republican party loyalists, who denounced my opinion as defeatist, and even questioned ... more

By Jean F. Drew and Sandi Venable     An excerpt from the Authors’ Foreword   Western civilization is the unique product of an astonishing synthesis of faith and reason. The roots of Western order can be traced back to three historical cities: Jerusalem, Athens, and Rome. Each of these cites in its time of maximum flourishing was the scene of tremendous spiritual and intellectual outbursts that transformed the world of their day, and which continue to shape the... more