The Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwanul Muslimoon) has welcomed the decision of the Egyptian Committee of Parties Affairs of accepting the formation of the Democratic Front party, headed by Dr. Osama Al-Ghazali Harb, editor-in-chief of Al-Seyasa Al-Dawliya.
"This party undoubtedly includes figures who are well-reputed for their patriotism and care for interests of their country." Dr. Habib, first deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, said.
He confirmed that its presence ...

While urging the Muslim countries to effect more collective efforts to heal the Islam-West rift, Muslim leaders on May 28 called on Muslims to keep pace with the developed world through knowledge, innovation and unity.
"The loss of knowledge and innovation within the Muslim Ummah eventually led to the loss of sovereignty and empire," Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) held in Kuala Lumpur. "We must rediscover our ...

A group of renowned Israeli and British architects have urged fellow designers and planners from Israel and worldwide to live up to professional ethics and reject any project on the occupied Palestinian territories or face being accused of complicity in the oppression of Palestinians and occupation of their land, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported on May 28.
In a statement initiated by the British organisation Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine (APJP) – a London-b...

In the most important meeting between the United States and Iran in almost 30 years, US and Iranian diplomats met face to face on May 28, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad to discuss how to stabilise chaos-mired and violence-racked Iraq.
"There was pretty good congruence down the line, support for a secure, stable democratic and federal Iraq, in control of its own security and at peace with its neighbours," US ambassador Ryan Crocker told a press conference following his meeting ...

The League of Palestinian scholars has stepped in to find a peaceful solution to the crisis of the bombed-out Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp which the Lebanese army has been besieging in its confrontation with the militant Fatah Al-Islam group.
"We are trying our best to reach positive results," Sheikh Mohammad el-Hajj, the League's representative in northern Lebanon, reportedly said on May 28.
A three-man delegation of the League, including Hajj, visited the coastal camp...