THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: They did not aim at achieving political power at all, but at reforming society from below. One had to create a new and more ethical society by bringing the individual citizen closer to an Islamic way of thinking – including piety, self-denial and cooperation in social affairs. Hamas is a direct ideological offshoot.
50 YEARS AGO: Why has the Middle East been a powder keg for 25 years? What is the background for the irreconcilable attitude between Israel and the Arab states? And what happened to the Palestinian Arabs when the state of Israel was established?