Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Leader to Run for President

[Pete]

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Leader to Run for President

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/144145

"A senior Muslim Brotherhood leader has announced plans to run for president of Egypt. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, 59, will run as an independent.

Fotouh is head of the Arab Doctors' Union and sits on the Brotherhood's Shura Council.


His candidacy shows a break with Brotherhood policy. The Muslim Brotherhood had previously promised not to field a candidate in the presidential elections, in an attempt to assuage concerns that Islamists would dominate the next government.

The Brotherhood has distanced itself from Fotouh and warned Thursday that if he does not withdraw his candidacy, he may be asked to leave the organization......."

September is going to come as such a surprise to some folks in the west.

[Paslode]

Originally Posted by Pete

September is going to come as such a surprise to some folks in the west.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Egypt's new government will have to include a "whole host of important non-secular actors."

Gibbs said the Muslim Brotherhood must reject violence and recognize democratic goals for the U.S. to be comfortable with it assuming a role in the new government.

Mr. Obama said, "I think they're one faction in Egypt. They don't have majority support in Egypt. But they're well organized. There are strains of their ideology that are anti-U.S.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said "Today we learned the Muslim Brotherhood decided to participate, which suggests they at least are now involved in the dialogue that we have encouraged," Clinton said on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, National Public Radio reported.

Wael Ghoneim – the mastermind youth behind the revolution – was set to speak when suddenly his speech was hijacked by guards forcing him to leave, hiding his face with the Egyptian flag

When pressed, Hegazi admitted there were underlying issues between Wael Ghoneim and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Yes, September will interesting...brought to you by the Land of O

This is what Democracy looks like.

[T-Rock]

Poll Finds Muslim Brotherhood with Over 70 Percent Favorability in Egypt

While it was suggested during February's coverage of anti-government protests in Egypt that the radical Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement only had the support of a minority of Egyptians, a recent Pew Research Center poll finds that over 70 percent of the Egyptian public holds a favorable view of the Islamist organization.

Source: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wi...rability-egypt

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[Sigaba]

As the current American president has learned, the winner of the Egyptian election will discover that there's a difference between running an effective campaign and governing effectively.