Tawfik Hamid

The writer is an Islamic thinker and reformer, and a one-time Islamic extremist from Egypt. He was a member of the terrorist organization JI with Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, who later became the second-in-command of al-Qaida. He is currently a senior fellow and chairman of the study of Islamic radicalism at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. www.tawfikhamid.com

Islamic State Tank

The missing factor in the war on terror

Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi

The world needs to listen to Sisi on IS

Muslim Brotherhood demonstration, Amman, August 8, 2014.

Does moderate Islam exist?


HRW report on Egypt is misleading

The report regarding the Rabaa incident in Egypt seems to be at best biased, unprofessional, and defective.

Muslim Brotherhood demonstration, Amman, August 8, 2014.

Stop Hamas from killing Palestinian civilians

Hamas's rejection of the cease-fire plan can only be regarded as intentional killing of the Palestinian people.

An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires towards Gaza from outside the northern Gaza Strip

Will Qatar abandon the Muslim Brotherhood?

Currently the only Gulf country that openly supports the Muslim Brotherhood is Qatar. This has led the formerly mentioned Gulf countries to turn against Qatar to the extent that they recently withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar.

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General Al-Sissi is the best man to lead Egypt

In the current political atmosphere in Egypt, General al-Sissi is the strong, rational man who can bring more stability to the country and the whole region.

Egypt's Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi 370

A fresh constitution: A new reality on the Egyptian street

The latest referendum results in favor of the new Egyptian constitution are completely in line with the clearly observable shift in Egyptian society against the Muslim Brotherhood and political Islam.

Egypt consitutional panel head Amr Moussa 370

Ten reasons for optimism in Egypt

Despite being still imperfect in some areas, the constitution is certainly a step forward, and is already vastly superior to the former Islamist constitution.

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The Muslim Brotherhood's 'moderate' disguise

The Muslim Brotherhood is ready to accept certain moves that contradict their true ideological beliefs, as long as it enables them to reach their end goal in the long-run.

Muslim Brotherhood supporters protest in Cairo 370

The future of Islam

It is important to be very clear that there is no middle ground between Islamism and modernity.

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Fighting terrorism in 'Brainstan'

In the fight against terror, strategists have completely neglected to treat or even address the ideological and psychological foundations in the mind.

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Is Egypt the next Algeria? Unlikely.

While some radical Islamists in Egypt may try to use violence and terrorism as a tactic, the magnitude of this phenomenon is likely to be miniscule compared to the situation in Algeria in the 1990s.

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