On Thursday, April 14, 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) Deputy Supreme Guide Maḥmūd ‘Izat announced the MB’s goal to establish an Islamic state after achieving broad popularity through its Freedom and Justice Party. Similar statements were made by Brotherhood leader Sa’d al-Husīnī. Both remarks caused uproar among liberal political leaders, who view the statements as conflicting with their concept of a civil state, and the Coptic Church, which regarded the remarks as threats to citizenship and equality in Egypt.

The article at hand entails a broad range of comments and views on Izat’s and al-Husīnī’s above mentioned statements.

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