Abstract
The paper provides a review of the relevant literature and identifies the conditions that allowed the Muslim Brotherhood to be successful in Egypt, the history of the organization and its founder, Hasan al Banna, and assesses whether the Muslim Brotherhood is in reality a terrorist organization. The paper discusses how the Muslim Brotherhood is foregoing terrorist activities in favor of working from within the legitimate political frameworks of Arab nations and this has allowed the group to acquire a significant amount of power. The paper concludes that only time will tell if the West possesses the wherewithal and resolve to withstand these assaults on its political, social and legal institutions.

Outline:
Introduction
Review and Discussion

From the Paper
"Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, many observers in the West were heard to lament the passing of the "good old days" of the Cold War when the enemy was clearly known and its geographic borders clearly delineated. By sharp contrast, following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the threats against the United States from within and without are largely from non-state actors that can wreak havoc against America and its allies with apparently virtual impunity. One group that has received a growing amount of attention from policymakers and analysts in recent years is the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt which is suspected of sponsoring such terrorist activities."

Tags:West, Islam, Hasan, al, Banna, radicalism

Abstract
This paper examines the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. It provides a brief historical background of the formation of the group and discusses its goals. The paper focuses on the future possibility of the Muslim Brotherhood, as opposed to its past. The paper presents the author's personal views on the past and the future of the group.

Table of Contents:
Preface
Historical Backdrop
Peace is the Way
Plan to Succeed
Interpreting the Future
Drawing Conclusions

From the Paper
"Perhaps most interesting in the future would be the influential stance of the West. While the colonialism may be dead, imperialism certainly is not. As earlier stated, the West is strongly in favor of the current regime as it is viewed as non-threatening. Countries that have strong Islamic fundamentalist government's have tended to give a strong case of heartburn to Western leaders. However, I feel that it must be pointed out that most of those countries were run by hard-lined Islamic fundamentalists, while the Muslim Brotherhood is decidedly centrist in nature. It's my belief that when faced with other countries with more hard-lined leaders, the West would remain fairly neutral in it's stance towards the Muslim Brotherhood. In other words, I believe Western leaders would find it considerably easier to negotiate and ally the Muslim Brotherhood than it ever did with the Taliban or has been able to with the current Iranian regime."

Tags:Islam, Sharia, Nasser

Abstract
This paper analyzes and summarizes "The Red Convertible", while picking apart the story to show how Erdrich uses key details to depict "brotherhood" between to two main characters. It discusses whether Erdrich truly provides an accurate description of brotherhood through the story, based on the fact she has no siblings.

From the Paper
"There are many types of relationships. Husband and wife; Father and son; Mother and daughter; but the bond between brothers is one of true friendship like no other. Brotherhood is a unique and powerful bond that cannot be forged. It is hard to recreate a feeling or experience such as brotherhood without experiencing it yourself. This experience (of brotherhood) is clearly shown in Louise Erdrich's, "The Red Convertible." Which brings me to the point. Can Louise Erdrich, being female, still create an accurate portrayal of brotherhood in her story?"

Tags:sibling

Abstract
This paper shows how, in both Plato's "Republic" and Sophocles' "Antigone," biological brotherhood plays a dangerous function, enough that for Plato it must be concealed and replaced by a universal brotherly relationship, while for Sophocles, brotherhood as a concept is accepted and plays a fundamental role in the unfolding of events.

From the Paper
"In Republic, Plato illustrates that genetic brotherhood plays a suppressed role, while Antigone's fraternal bonds reveal it as a major element of society. Plato expresses through Socrates that "children, too, are to be possessed in common, so that no parent will know his own offspring or any child his parent" (Plato 457d). The Greek philosopher is clearly highlighting that family ties are not only weak, but virtually non-existent. Plato then declares that "those who were born at the same time as their mothers and fathers were having children they'll call their brothers and sisters" (Plato 461e). Since all boys and girls of the same age group must consider each other siblings, although they rarely have any biological connection, fraternal ties are clearly not a prime concern in Republic when compared to the welfare of the state. In Antigone, however, brotherhood plays such a vital role in the heroine's life that she is not only willing to break the laws in order to have her brother, Polyneices, buried, but she is also willing to die, the ultimate danger. In fact, Antigone explains to Creon that "[she] would not do it [defy the state] for a child, were [she] a mother,/ Not for a husband either" (Sophocles 39), but only for a brother. While brotherhood is nearly absent in Republic, it is an important element of life for Antigone."

Tags:fraternity

Abstract
This paper examines the correctional institution recruiting-grounds of both the Aryan Nations and the Black Guerrilla Family. It looks at how the Black Guerrilla Family is typically found in adult prisons, but has also been reported as active by local law enforcement in adult jails and in juvenile correctional institutions. It also examines the BGF's enemy, the Aryan Brotherhood, first formed in the early 1960s in San Quentin, which is composed predominately of outlaw bikers and the ranks of the American Nazi Party and other groups.

From the Paper
"The potential danger posed to society by many of the extremist and terrorist groups and organizations that exist today can be directly assessed from their links to convicted criminals, and their associations with organized crime. There are two principle associations between domestic terrorist groups and the criminal subculture within the United States; the first and most obvious being the use of crimes such as robbery, theft and drug trafficking as a means to accumulate funding to achieve their higher goals, and secondly as a population and environment from which to recruit willing and able members."

Tags:jackson, organized, panthers, prison, nazi

Abstract
This paper discusses the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist group that believes in the ideology that white people (biologically European/ American in descent) are considered the supreme race, which is similar to Adolf Hitler's, pro-Aryan, anti-Semitic ideologies during the World War II. They originated in California in 1967, particularly at the San Quentin prison and 'hate' any individual who has black skin or is Jewish in religion. It examines how they reinforce these ideologies over people (willing or unwilling) by means of violence, political, social and economic manipulation and how evidence of such violence occurred from killings and riots made during the early establishment of the group in the 1960s, and the prevalent occurrence of crime happened during the 1990s.

From the Paper
"Their primary means of distinguishing their group from the others (apart from their physical appearance, of course) is identification through the Aryan Brotherhood tattoo, since its main origins came from the prison. It was said that any individual who is not a member of this group, and is found the members of AB would immediately subject sporting the said AB tattoo to murder. The Aryan Brotherhood Gang has increased alliance with other white supremacist groups, which includes the Aryan Nations, National Alliance, American Nazi Party, Nazi Low Riders, and Dirty White Boys."

Tags:adlof, hitler, violence, white, supremacy, blacks, murder, anti, semitic

Abstract
This paper discusses the main storyline and the characters of Gain's fantastical legend set in 18th Century France. It looks at the symbolism of the movie and how the setting is of major importance to this symbolism. It explains that the battle within the movie is referring to the French Revolution and that the forces of ?light and nature? overcome the evil extravagances of mankind the balance between logic and magic temper both the imbalances of fanaticism and the mechanization of an ?age of reason?.

From the Paper
"The first half of the film is said to be true to historical happenings. Whether or not that is true, it follows a structure somewhat reminiscent of Beowulf as one might transpose it to provincial France. The naturalist Fronsac and his Iroquois warrior-companion come to Lozere to study (and preserve) the Beast that has been slaughtering its people. They are caught up in a gigantic wolf-hunt that kills hundreds of these noble creatures. The Indian, Mani, seems upset. The audience quickly links his upset with his respect for nature and the belief that all people have their own animal totem. (One gathers that his is the wolf, for through-out the movie a great white wolf helps him to discover the truth about reality). Eventually the king sends in a new hunter who kills a large wolf, and orders Fronsac to do a taxidermy job that will make it look like it could be this beast. He does so, but only hesitantly, for he has already learned that this beast is no wolf, and has jaws of flesh and steel. The case is ordered closed, but when the killings resume he returns to the land to hunt again. The two discover that the Beast is guided by a man, and eventually uncloak a society of people who have wrapped some alien creature in a strange armored suit and forced it to fight and learn to kill. They are attempting to discredit the king by bringing down the apparent wrath of God and evoking the great Beast of Revelations. Mani is killed upon finding their lair, and Fronsac learns who the culprit is, and takes his revenge. After a strange Juliet-esque faked death, Fronsac brings down the secret "Brotherhood of the Wolf" society responsible for this outrage. In the process of this story, Fronsac also woos two women (a prostitute/secret papal agent and an aristocratic woman), and wins one of them, but only after she has been raped by her brother, the trainer of the beast. The story sounds slightly absurd when transcribed in such a fashion, but of course unfolds in a fine fashion on the screen."

Tags:beast, french, revolution, reason, symbolism

Abstract
The author of this piece of creative writing describes the relationship between two brothers with the same mother but different fathers. The writer tells the story of how one brother channeled his rebelliousness and desire to paint graffiti into painting the room of the other. The writer also tells of how the two brothers were separated with the rebellious brother slowly drifting into a delinquent behavioral pattern whist the other became a success. The author relates how the two came together to live with their mother and how this change affected the delinquent sibling for the better.

From the Paper
"I entered the room, closing the door behind me. I walked across the room and saw there was plastic over everything, which is important to keep paint residue off everything. I grabbed my Burton bandana that came with the purchase of my snowboarding jacket and tied it around my face, which prevented breathing in all those fumes that looked like a gray fog. The fog of fumes were probably a mix of all the colors he had been using, because he used no gray in the tag. I knew what he was taggin' because it clearly said "James" on the upper portion of the wall, and he was painting the outline of my name on the lower portion of the wall. In black he made bubble shaped letters one by one until it said "Steven.""

From the Paper
"New York City became the focus of national attention on the 26th of February, 1993. On that day, a bomb exploded in the World Trade Center, killing five people and injuring thousands of others.. A few days later, Mohammed A. Salameh was arrested when he tried to get his deposit back for a van that he had rented. This arrest occurred because evidence showed that Salameh's rented van had been used in the World Trade Center bombing. Ibrahim A. Elgabrowny, a friend of Salameh, was also arrested in connection with the bombing. It was quickly discovered that both Salameh and Elgabrowny were members of the Al-Salam Mosque, a fundamentalist Islamic group under the leadership of Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman. Sheik Omar is also the leader of the Jihad organization, a terrorist group which originated in Egypt. The Jihad is, in turn, a branch of the Moslem Brotherhood, an organization which was found ..."

Abstract
John Donne's famous line from 'Meditations XVII', "No man is an island unto himself", reflects ideas about the brotherhood of humankind that have echoed throughout time. Originally, the lines reflected ideas popular in the Renaissance about the interconnectedness of human experience. As time elapsed, this definition of brotherhood grew increasingly broader and began to cross boundaries of nationhood, sex, color and race. This paper argues that one of the justifications used by the Bush administration for invading Iraq is especially telling about how far the modern notion of brotherhood has extended. In saying that the U.S. invaded Iraq in order to help the Iraqi people, George Bush was effectively showing that the modern notion of brotherhood, seen in Donne's poem, extended beyond borders. The paper concludes that Donne's words reflect the ideal of brotherhood that has been seen in many situations and plays an increasingly important role in our modern lives.

From the Paper
"Given increasing globalization, it is more important than ever for citizens of the world to understand and adopt the themes of brotherhood contained within Donne's Meditations XVII. In fact, the future of my generation may depend on the ability of humankind to see itself as part of a greater whole. Today, the speed of air travel and communication, intertwined economies, and the threat of terrorism and warfare mean that the actions of any one country or group can be felt almost immediately by the whole. Today, more than ever before "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.""

Tags:multiculturalism, democracy, Hussein