Date of source: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB)'s Freedom and Justice Party is currently in the last stage of submitting its application to the Party Affairs Committee.
According to the article at hand, 15 percent of the party’s 9,000 founders are not MB members.
“Among them is the prominent Coptic thinker Rafīq Habīb...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Several Muslim movements have announced their cooperation in pursuing their common goal of a religious state.
They intend to form a coalition in the upcoming parliamentary elections, thereby attempting to counter secular political forces in Egypt.
According to Muslim Brotherhood lawyer Muntasir al-...
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
On Saturday, May 7, 2011, more than 50,000 people attended a march of the Muslim Brotherhood and salafīs in Giza.
Protesters emphasized the unity of the MB and salafīsts, chanting that both aim at applying Islamic sharī'ah in Egypt.
Salafī preacher Safwat Hijāzī condemned the burning of a church...
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
On Sunday, May 8, 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) publicly condemned reckless intolerance and crime. Both were leading to chaos, thereby seriously threatening “the revolution and its objectives.”
The MB welcomed the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces’ decision to put suspects of the Imbābah...
Date of source: Thursday, May 5, 2011
The Muslim Broterhood has big hopes of becoming a major and legitimate political force, though there might be a cost.
A delegation of the Muslim Brotherhood visited the Azhar's Grand Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayīb.
He invited all Islamist movements to participate in the forthcoming conference the Azhar will...
Date of source: Thursday, May 5, 2011
Dr. Muhammad Badī', the Muslim Brotherhood guide, says that the MB are seeking a civil state but under the pretext of Islamic law.
He added the group will not accept that the voice of democracy and citizenship be above religion and the sharī'ah.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
For the first time the Azhar's Grand Shaykh, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, met with Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī' at the Azhar headquarters on May 3, 2011.
During the meeting, Tayīb said that the MB was never far from the Azhar and that there are common grounds between the two sides...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Guidance Bureau is investigating young MB members supporting ‘Abd al-Mun‘im Abū al-Futūḥ, a member of the MB Shūrá Council who considers running for presidency without the MB’s consent.
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Date of source: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
In a ground-breaking meeting, leaders of the Azhar and the Muslim Brotherhood agreed on May 3, 2011 to join hands to spread moderate Islam.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Ahmad al-Tayīb held rare talks in his office in Cairo with Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Badī' over means to unify religious...
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...