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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood admitted to elections

June 8, 2011 | Africa
June 8, 2011
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Born after the jasmine revolution, Justice and Freedom aims to achieve 50% of the votes in September elections, despite the unfavourable polls. AsiaNews sources emphasize the clever campaign of the Muslim Brotherhood, to date the only ones on television, radio and in newspapers. Concern over Islamist drift of Egypt.

ICC Note:

For the first time in 60 years, the Muslim Brotherhood has been welcome to participate in Egypt’s elections. Although receiving a low approval rate in a recent poll, many Coptic Christians are fearful that the Muslim Brotherhood may win a majority seat in parliament and impose Islamic law (Sharia) over the country. The ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood “is inspired by radical Sharia law, which could emerge once parliament has been conquered,” Asia News reports.

6/7/2011 Egypt (AsiaNews) – The Electoral Commission has recognised the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood party, Justice and Freedom. For the first time in 60 years a political party linked to the Islamic movement is allowed take part in political life. Thanks to this acknowledgment, the Muslim Brotherhood will participate in the September elections, with a target of achieving over 50% of the vote, despite criticism and a poor performance in polls.

The source believes that the moderate position taken by the Muslim Brotherhood is just an election ploy. They are using the party in order to present a “clean face” as evidenced by the election of a Coptic Christian as vice president, the absence in the statute or theocratic elements or radical Islamic positions and continual praising references to the Justice and Development, the moderate Islamic party of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan. However, despite claims to liberty and secularism, the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood are still the same. “Their ideology – the source confirms – is inspired by radical Sharia law, which could emerge once parliament has been conquered. And all of this with the backing of the army, which has secretly been aligned to the Islamic movement all along.

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