Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) inaugurated the new building of the MB party "Freedom and Justice" on May 21, 2011, in al-Muqattam.
Each of both potential presidential candidate 'Amr Mūsá and Hamdīn Sabāhī, as well as 'Abd al-'Azīz Hijāzī, Rif'at al-Sa'īd, Sāmih 'Āshūr, Mahfūz 'Azām, Ambassador Rifā'...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
Young members of the Muslim Brotherhood are objecting the appointment of MB senior figure Muhammad Mursī as the group's party leader, 'Isām al-'Iryān as its deputy leader and Sa‘d al-Katātnī as its secretary general.
According to a young MB member, their appointment ignored opinions of the party’s...
Date of source: Friday, April 15, 2011
Muḥammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, the 7th Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood, has stated that membership in the group's Freedom and Justice Party is open to all Egyptians even to a dancer who repented and wore hijāb.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
On Wednesday April 13, the Muslim Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī’ announced that the MB would be capable of winning 75 percent of seats in Egypt’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
He stressed that the MB would nevertheless contain itself, competing for no more than a third of...
Date of source: Friday, April 8, 2011
The Free Egyptians Party is poised to compete the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party in the parliamentary elections, now that most of its members are Muslims," said Najīb Sawirus, a Coptic businessman and the founder of the Free Egyptians Party.
During a meeting held April 7, 2011 in...
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2011
Coptic Pope Shenouda lll has denied any dialogue initiative from Dr. Muhammad Badī’, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Murshid [Guide]. Dr. ‘Isām al-‘Iryān, spokesperson of the MB, believes that the dialogue initiative still exists, asserting that there might have been a misunderstanding in the telephone...
Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
Dr. 'Isām al-'Iryān, Spokesperson of the Muslim Brotherhood [MB], said that the MB will meet with Coptic youth soon and that they are studying a possible meeting between the MB and the church.
The goal of these meetings is to discuss the different points of view on both sides and fears of the MB on...
Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
Seventy-seven percent voted for 'Yes' [18.7 million voters] in the referendum over constitutional amendments, which reveals the power of political Islam [salafists, Muslim Brotherhood and al-Wasat party] in convincing the people, while political parties and the January 25 Revolution Coalition...
Date of source: Thursday, February 24, 2011
Ḥizb al-Wasaṭ [Center Party], Muslim Brotherhood, the Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah group, and salafīs announced the establishment of political parties.
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Dr. Muhammad Sa‘d al-Katātnī, member of the Muslim Brotherhood guidance office, said that the Brotherhood rejects the idea of a "shadow" parliament that replaces the current parliament.
He explains that it is the right of any group of citizens to form an entity that reflects their opinion, but not...