Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
The founders of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, applied yesterday for its registration, according to Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, a leading official in the new party. The founding members of the party totalled 8,821, including 987 women and 93 Copts. They chose Refiq Habib, a Copt,...
Date of source: Sunday, May 15, 2011
Young members of the Muslim Brotherhood are considering supporting Abdel-Moneim Abul Fotouh, a high-ranking member of the group's Executive Bureau, a candidate for Egypt's presidency in the coming elections. A prominent young figure in the group, Mohamed Shams, said Abdul Fotouh is “an Islamic...
Date of source: Friday, May 13, 2011
'Abd el-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh, a senior member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, said he would run for president as an independent, a move that could draw votes from backers of the Islamist group that has said it will not field a candidate.
Abū al-Futūh said his move did not mean the Brotherhood had...
Date of source: Friday, May 13, 2011
Reformist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leader ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh has announced his intention to run as an independent presidential candidate in the upcoming elections.
He thereby defies the MB’s decision not to field a presidential candidate, which is likely to exacerbate the rift between the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
On Thursday May 12, 2011, designated Lebanese Prime Minister Najīb Miqātī met with a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) delegation that was headed by Muhammad Badī’. "This is the first time in the history of the group that the MB’s guide has traveled outside the country and met with officials abroad."...
Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
Political parties rejected a statement made by Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī’ on Thursday, May 12, 2011, in which he announced the MB to be a mother of all political parties in the country.
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Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2011
Dr. Sa'd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, a professor of political sociology and president of Ibn Khaldūn center for development studies, said in an interview with al-Sharq al-Awsat that Copts had legitimate fears from religious movements and hard-line Muslim preachers have to put their fears in consideration.
He...
Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood as well as al-Jama'āh al-Islāmīyah groups have announced their intention to participate “strongly” in upcoming demonstrations against sectarian strife and for national unity on Friday, May 23, 2011.
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Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
In a conference held by the Muslim Brotherhood in al-Mansūrah stadium, Murshid [Guide] Dr. Muhammad Badī' said that the MB will bring up Egyptians on faith and conscience until they demand the application of hudūd.
He added that the hudūd is an obligation and the people do not get punished for...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood is considering Coptic thinker Rafīq Habīb as a potential vice chairman of its Freedom and Justice Party.
While the Freedom and Justice Party categorically rejects women or Copts as presidential candidates in Egypt, they have emphasized several times to neither discriminate...