- 2010 election update
- November 26, 2010
- 6 minutes read
MB Rejects Allegations by PA Speaker that MB Seeks Religious State
PA speaker in
In recent weeks,
Sorour noted that he had made similar comments to a group of visiting US foreign policy experts earlier this month, including Robert Satloff, a member of the Working Group on
According to analysts,
Dr Essam El-Erian, from the group’s executive bureau, criticized Sorour’s statements stressing that in Islam there is no such thing as an ‘Islamic State’. He asserted that the MB was calling for a civil state based on Islamic Law which respects all citizens regardless of religion, colour or creed.
El-Erian stressed that it is imperative that the regime respects the will of Egyptian citizens without any pressure from abroad, emphasizing that it is vital that the elections are free, fair reflecting the will of citizens at home without any outside interference.
MB leader, Dr Amir Bassam, added that the US knew very well that the regime was using the MB as a scapegoat to continue in its repression and that the US understood well that the MB is a non-violent organization which only struggles peacefully against oppression advocating tolerance.
Michele Dunne, a member of the Working Group on
On the eve of the polls, over a dozen MB candidates have already been eliminated from the election.
The NDP has requested the disqualification of even more members of the MB, alleging they are misrepresenting themselves as independent.