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The Muslim Brotherhood’s murshid [guide], Mahdī Muhammad ‘Ākif said that insinuations about alleged relations between the Brotherhood and the United States are just nonsense.
The author points out that Sayyid Qutb picked up his ideology while in the West and adds that the clash between the U.S. and religious ideology erupted only when the wing led by Bin Lādin revolted and went astray.
The left-wing have admitted that the Muslim Brotherhood were much better connected to the Egyptian general public, but suggest that the U.S. could start opening channels with the Brotherhood as a way of pressurizing the Egyptian regime.
Discussions have been taking place between the Muslim Brotherhood and Coptic groups. Some issues have been controversial, like finance and support for the Brotherhood from abroad, but there has been a proposal that the Brotherhood and Copts make a unified list for the local elections.
The author argues for the criminalization of all religious slogans and suggests that the way forward for Egypt is to promote peaceful reform, justice and equality.
Although the Muslim Brotherhood describe themselves as a modernist group that was formed to rejuvenate Islam, the author argues that they have never championed the call for secularism nor have they adopted a modern approach.
Muhammad Habīb, the deputy murshid, commenting on Murshid cĀkif’s statements that the Muslim Brotherhood would respect existing treaties between Israel and Egypt, said any agreement concluded by a state "is not Qur’ān. It is human action that is subject to review.”
The Khutuwāt al-Mustaqbal al-Islāmīya School [The Islamic Future Steps School] has reportedly organized a contest searching out the 99 names of God in the Qur’ān and the genuine sunna, arguing that compiling God’s names is an interpretive work, and can thus be subject to study and analysis.
Dr. Milād Hanna’s recent comments about the dire situation Copts would be in, should the Muslim Brotherhood rise to power, were poorly thought out and have only had the effect of inciting sectarianism.
A summary of articles about a controversial document attributed to the Muslim Brotherhood, which bodes no good for the future of the Copts in Egypt.

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