Muslim Brotherhood will run for half of Egypt's parliament

[jakeXT]

CAIRO — Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the largest and best-organized Islamist faction in Egypt, announced Saturday the formation of its new political party and said it plans to contest half the seats in parliament in the first post-revolution elections scheduled for next fall.

The Freedom and Justice Party is the culmination of more than 80 years of struggle toward official recognition and full political participation for the Muslim Brotherhood. Since the group's founding in 1928, successive Egyptian administrations have outlawed the group and arrested its members.

"This party will be independent from the Brotherhood, but will coordinate with it," Mahmoud Hussein, the secretary general of the Brotherhood, told a news conference in Cairo.

The party will be led by Mohamed Morsy, who served in the Brotherhood's political bureau, along with other well known figures: Essam el Erian as deputy chief and Saad Katatni as secretary general.

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[Drale]

1. How long before the repukes are calling for an invasion of Egypt

to stop the muslim brotherhood?

[MasonJar]

2. Those people are scary. I want to visit Egypt someday, but not if the

Muslim, women-hating extremists take over. I'll never give those freaks one dime of my money.

[happyslug]

3. The Brotherhood says they will respect woman's right, including the right NOT to "Cover up".

The Moslem Brotherhood Web Site:
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood

[bbinacan]

4. I've got a bridge to sell

It's in Brooklyn.

[SlimJimmy]

5. You can't possibly believe that, right? I trust the MB about as far as I can throw

the nearest airport. Their prior record (or lack thereof) on women's rights is more than enough evidence for me. This is guaranteed to turn out badly if they make inroads into Egyptian politics.