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Les Frères musulmans sont-ils sur le point de prendre le pouvoir en Égypte pour y imposer un régime islamique? Christopher Anzalone, universitaire spécialiste de l'islam, nuance les inquiétudes agitées en occident. Traduction d’un article de Christopher Anzalone, doctorant à l’Institut d’études islamiques de l’université McGill, Montréal, paru sur le blog de Juan Cole , Informed Comment, le 9 février 2011. Depuis le début des protestations populaires égyptiennes contre le gouvernement autocratique dirigé par le président vieillissant Hosni Moubarak et son nouveau vice-président, Omar Suleiman, l’attention s’est souvent portée sur les Frères musulmans d’Égypte ( al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun ).
Les Frères musulmans et la révolution égyptienne: réalité contre fiction » Article » OWNI, Digital Journalism
En Egypte, les Frères musulmans contestent sans effrayer » Article » OWNI, Digital Journalism
En Egypte, les Frères Musulmans ne sont pas en pointe dans la contestation du pouvoir. Et ils ne font pas vraiment peur à l'homme de la rue. Il y a un peu plus d’une semaine, un des révolutionnaires de Tahrir portait mon attention sur les slogans qui demandaient un gouvernement séculaire. Si l’Occident entretient sa propre peur du vide, me disait-il, c’est parce que Moubarak a réussi à l’effrayer avec le point d’interrogation de ce qui viendra après lui.
By Oren Dorell, USA TODAY Updated 2/14/2011 9:11:36 AM | CAIRO — Ali Abdel Fattah, spokesman for the long-banned Muslim Brotherhood, sat at a laminate table in his office in South Cairo, answering phone calls, chattering in Arabic at aides in dark suits and discussing plans for Egypt under democratic rule. By Nadia Shira Cohen for USA TODAY By Nadia Shira Cohen for USA TODAY
Ideology shadows fight to rule the new Egypt
Tandis que l'Occident s'alarme face au danger de l'islamisme en Egypte, une française musulmane du Caire s'étonne de la surmédiatisation des Frères musulmans. L’Égypte fait son grand nettoyage du siècle et l’Occident tremble. Visiblement, ces tremblements n’atteignent pas uniquement les plateaux télé et les éditos des éditocrates comme en témoignent, les appels et les mails que j’ai reçus. « Et les Frères Musulmans : t’as pas peur qu’ils prennent le pouvoir ? ». Apparemment, certains craindraient qu’une fois au pouvoir, les Frères Musulmans s’empresseraient d’attaquer l’Europe.
Les Frères musulmans vus d’Egypte » Article » OWNI, Digital Journalism
It's not the Muslim Brotherhood, stupid
While we watch the still uncertain outcome of Cairo's unrest, I want to comment on the fear being articulated in parts of the media, but also internationally, that we might be witnessing the birth of an Islamic republic of Egypt. This is nonsense, and here are the reasons why. First, the protests were not begun, nor have they been led by, Egypt's largest and best organised opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan al-Muslimoon).
Egypt's Islamist Riddle
By KEITH JOHNSON in Washington and MARC CHAMPION in Alexandria, Egypt The decision by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to not stand for re-election forces the U.S. to confront a thorny dilemma—how to deal with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. The 83-year-old Islamic movement, Egypt's biggest opposition bloc, played a subdued role in the uprising. But its past performance in parliamentary elections and its dedicated following mean it will be a force to be reckoned with as Egypt moves toward open elections. Jason Larkin for The Wall Street JournalWhy We Shouldn't Fear the Muslim Brotherhood
If you were watching Fox on Monday, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Egypt was on the verge of being taken over by a pack of terrorists. Anchor Steve Doocy characterized the Muslim Brotherhood this morning as "the godfather of al-Qaida." And several potential Republican presidential hopefuls have cited worries about the Muslim Brotherhood as a reason for the United States to continue to support the authoritarian regime of Hosni Mubarak. To get some hard facts and context about the controversial Islamic movement, we spoke with Nathan Brown, a political science professor at George Washington University and director of its Institute for Middle East Studies, who has written extensively on the Muslim Brotherhood.
A poster of Hosni Mubarak with his face crossed out is held up as Egyptians gather in Cairo's Tahrir Square heeding a call by the opposition for a "march of a million" to mark a week of protests calling for the ouster of Hosni Mubarak's long-term regime, on Feb, 1, 2011 Now that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime may soon come to an end, Americans are asking what might take its place. A prime candidate is the Muslim Brotherhood, or so it seems.
Egyptian protests: Should we fear the Muslim Brotherhood? - By Shadi Hamid
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood: A force to be feared?
Muslim Brotherhood: Force to be feared? Some Western leaders fear the Muslim Brotherhood is waiting to seize power Egyptian analyst Mustafa Abulhimal says this isn't their revolution Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei is willing to work with them, he says Editor's Note: Follow live blogging on " This Just In " and the latest tweets from CNN correspondents. Send your video, images to CNN iReport .Fighting fundamentalism with repression has failed spectacularly in its own terms I once read a mildly funny book called “Yes, but is it good for the Jews?” It was a prolonged in-joke, a reference to the way in which almost anything can be reckoned on a scale of Judaeophilia (Eurovision Song Contest good, Desperate Housewives bad; Scarlett Johanssen good, Joaquin Phoenix bad, etc). The early consensus seems to be that the democratic unrest in Egypt is Not Good for the Jews: that a sudden change of regime could threaten Egypt’s correct, if hardly affectionate, relationship with Israel. By an extension of the same reasoning, Arab revolts are deemed to be Not Good for the West.
