Date of source: Thursday, March 31, 2011
Muḥammad Khayrat al-Shāṭir, First Deputy Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood, asserted that he was not going to run in the upcoming presidential elections but he is willing to run in those of 2015.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 30, 2011
'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh, a leading Islamist, on March 29, 2011, quit the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most well-organized opposition group a few days after he insinuated at a possible bid to run for presidency.
Date of source: Monday, December 13, 2010
The Muslim Brotherhood and other representatives of political forces filed 20 appeals to the supreme administrative court and the supreme constitutional court to null the current parliament.
Subhī Sālih an MB says that they back their appeal with article 87 in the constitution that states: “The...
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2010
In the first official fatwá issued by the Muslim Brotherhood immediately after their withdrawal from the parliamentary elections, MB Muftī, ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Bār said in his statements that MB withdrawal from the parliamentary elections in the second round is lawful (Halāl) while rigging the...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Muslim Brotherhood member Magdī ‘Āshūr found his way to the Egyptian Parliament in the recent elections. The result, however, does not seem to please the outlawed group, which had decided to boycott the elections due to their alleged unfairness and falsification committed by the regime against the ...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Badī‘ told Newsweek that the group will not be running for the upcoming presidential elections. Badī‘ said that the group only participated in the parliamentary elections for monitoring purposes and that any criticism of electoral infringements will positively...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
Majdī says that the nation goes through three basic citizenship tests during elections. The first of these tests pertains to the way candidates are selected. He says that the NDP failed miserably by selecting only ten Coptic candidates out of its eight hundred, while all opposing parties and the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 13, 2010
The article criticizes a number of parliamentary candidates from the National Democratic Party, the Muslim Brotherhood, and opposition parties for promoting themselves during Friday prayers at various mosques around the country. Some candidates only distributed flyers, while others went to the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Jamāl talks about Minister of Interior Habīb al-‘ādlī’s talks about the upcoming parliamentary elections and containing terrorism. Al-‘ādlī spoke clearly about the banned group and made clear that using religion in parliamentary campaigns is absolutely forbidden. He also criticized the Muslim...
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2010
A source at the Muslim Brotherhood Shūrá Council revealed to Al-Wafd that six parliamentary candidates were given the green light to run in Minya. The candidates are Bahā‘ ‘Attiyah, Dr. Muhammad Sa‘d al-Katātnī, Bakr al-‘Uylī, ‘Abd al-Rahīm ‘Abd al-Salām, Isma‘īl Tharwat ‘Abd al-Fattāh and Muhammad...