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Chris LaRosa worked in the office of Senator Bill Frist and focused primarily on foreign affairs issues. Chris earned a Master of Theological Studies from Boston University in 2006 and a doctoral degree from University of St. Andrews in 2011 with a focus on Islamic political thought in relation to the West during the mid-twentieth century.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: Politically Down and Out?
On August 9, 2014, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt began another chapter in its besieged political life. The highest administrative court in Egypt, the Supreme Administrative Court, dissolved the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Court also liquidated all of the FJP’s assets in an effort to quash any further political ambitions and activities that the Brotherhood might have in Egypt. The ruling—a calculated move conducted prior to upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for later this year—was an attempt
