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Instead the Gulf branches of Muslim Brotherhood mostly use the neutral Arabic word Islah, which means reform or repair, in their registration documents, names and slogans.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: Muslim Brotherhood in the Gulf: An Attempt To Steal the Show Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2011
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You have an Islamist party called the Islah and some within it are calling for an Islamic caliphate in Yemen.
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The long-beard buyers thronging his stall on the sidelines of a sunset prayer's sermon in the Yemeni capital Sana'a belonged to a crowd organized by the radical Sunni wing of the Yemen Reform Group, also known as Islah, a powerful opposition Islamic party.
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Although Ms. Karman is well known here for her bravery and early leading role in the protests - she acquired the nickname "Mother of the Revolution" - many of the more independent protesters resent the dominating influence of Yemen's main Islamist party, known as Islah, and Ms. Karman's role in it.
NYT > Home Page By LAURA KASINOF 2011
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For months, there have been some tactical differences between the young protesters affiliated with opposition parties - namely Islah, the Islamist party - and young people who are independent of political parties.
NYT > Global Home By LAURA KASINOF 2011
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Saleh yesterday charged that the protests were being militarised and were part of a coup led by Islamists, apparently referring to the Islah reform party, which is known as the Muslim Brothers of Yemen.
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For the most part, he - and the powerful Islamist party with which he has links, known as Islah - have kept the demonstrators contained in their camps, preventing provocations that would surely lead to violence.
NYT > Home Page By LAURA KASINOF 2011
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For the most part, he - and the powerful Islamist party with which he has links, known as Islah - have kept the demonstrators contained in their camps, preventing provocations that would surely lead to violence.
NYT > Home Page By LAURA KASINOF 2011
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Saleh has long sought to characterize his political opposition, which contains an Islamist party called Islah, as aligned with the al-Qaeda forces seeking to destabilize Yemen.
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In turn, and fearing the impact of racial affinities, President Saleh supported the creation and expansion of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform - known by its Arabic short name Islah (reform) - as an Islamic-oriented Sunni party comprising Yemen's Muslim Brotherhood and other Sunni and Zaidi groups close to the regime.
Jihad Monitor 2010
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