Brotherhood Says No Plans for Egypt Presidential Bid

[tekisui]

Source: AlterNet

CAIRO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's biggest opposition group, has no ambitions to run for the Egyptian presidency, a leading member of the Islamist movement told Al Jazeera television on Friday.

Mohammed al-Beltagi also said government representatives who had invited the Muslim Brotherhood to talks on political reform had indicated that the group, which is formally banned, would receive official recognition as a party.

"We are ready to negotiate after (the end of) the Mubarak regime," he said, adding that the government was "flirting" with the group.

"We have said clearly that we have no ambitions to run for the presidency, or posts in a coalition government," he said.

more: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/brotherhood-says-no-plans-for-egypt-presidential-bid

[klook]

1. Fewer than 200k members in a country of 80 million

These guys, despite the fear-mongering we hear in the U.S. and elsewhere, have scant leverage and aren't anything like al Qaeda, anyway.

Links:
The Muslim Brotherhood Bogey Man by Scott Atran
Secular and devout. Rich and poor. They marched together with one goal by Robert Fisk

[mmonk]

2. That defies our corporate state's propaganda.

[tekisui]

3. Exactly why I shared it.

:)

[mmonk]

4. And why it should be shared with many as possible.

Thanks.:thumbsup: