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1. March 22, 2011 01:55 PM

   James Madison on the Muslim Brotherhood

   Democracy must tolerate extreme speech and advocacy

   By Justin D. Martin

   CAIRO—James Madison would probably welcome Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. One of the most extraordinary features of democracy is that it tolerates extreme speech and advocacy; indeed, it often welcomes their inclusion. Democracy grants “freedom for the thought that we hate,” to use the title of a powerful book by Anthony Lewis. Madison embraced this view while authoring the Federalist Papers, a...

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2. July 25, 2012 06:50 AM

   The Muslim Brotherhood’s post-uprising TV station

   New since the regime change last year, Misr25 is navigating the line between coverage and advocacy

   By Jared Malsin

   CAIRO, EGYPT — The Muslim Brotherhood’s year-old television station, Misr25, broadcasts from a building in Egypt’s Media Production City, a vast complex of buildings built under former president Hosni Mubarak in the desert west of Cairo, well beyond the pyramids. The compound is home to dozens of production studios, including those of Misr25’s direct competitors in Egyptian television. A red...

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3. January 31, 2011 03:52 PM

   To Fear or Not to Fear

   The (American) Web on The Muslim Brotherhood

   By Joel Meares

   The Muslim Brotherhood has agreed to back secular opposition voice Mohamed ElBaradei as official spokesman of Egypt’s opposition groups as the country teeters on the edge of revolt. But what exactly is the Brotherhood? And how should we think about the group that will likely play a major role in any new government that will be formed should Hosni...

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