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CAIRO, March 10 (UPI) -- The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has moved away from political ambitions because of the difficulty of forming opposition parties, officials said.
The Muslim Brotherhood scored modest victories in 2005 parliamentary elections in Egypt by running candidates as independents. The group was prohibited from competing openly.
Officials in the banned movement said they have put their political ambitions on hold and will instead focus on the Muslim Brotherhood's social agenda, Egypt's Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper reports.
The Muslim Brotherhood added it would not put forth a list of candidates or electoral constituencies they may seek for the consultative chamber of Parliament.
Gamal Heshmant, a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, told the newspaper the situation in Egypt wasn't right for an independent political party.
"The general atmosphere doesn't allow the formation of new political parties, which is why we put our proposed platform on hold," he said.
Leaders are also said to be keeping their activities spread out to keep investigators at bay.
Mahmoud Ezzat, the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and two senior officials in the organization were detained Feb. 7. Authorities accused the leaders of participating in banned political activity.
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in 1928, becoming one of the founding organizations of militant Islam. It renounced violence in the 1970s, though a splinter group later joined al-Qaida.
Source: United Press International (UPI).
Link: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/03/10/Muslim-Brotherhood-pressured-politically/UPI-46621268245094/.
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CAIRO, March 10 (UPI) -- The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has moved away from political ambitions because of the difficulty of forming opposition parties, officials said.
The Muslim Brotherhood scored modest victories in 2005 parliamentary elections in Egypt by running candidates as independents. The group was prohibited from competing openly.
Officials in the banned movement said they have put their political ambitions on hold and will instead focus on the Muslim Brotherhood's social agenda, Egypt's Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper reports.
The Muslim Brotherhood added it would not put forth a list of candidates or electoral constituencies they may seek for the consultative chamber of Parliament.
Gamal Heshmant, a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, told the newspaper the situation in Egypt wasn't right for an independent political party.
"The general atmosphere doesn't allow the formation of new political parties, which is why we put our proposed platform on hold," he said.
Leaders are also said to be keeping their activities spread out to keep investigators at bay.
Mahmoud Ezzat, the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and two senior officials in the organization were detained Feb. 7. Authorities accused the leaders of participating in banned political activity.
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in 1928, becoming one of the founding organizations of militant Islam. It renounced violence in the 1970s, though a splinter group later joined al-Qaida.
Source: United Press International (UPI).
Link: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/03/10/Muslim-Brotherhood-pressured-politically/UPI-46621268245094/.
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