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| Africa: North |
| Egypt swoops on Muslim opposition |
| 2004-05-17 |
| Egyptian police have arrested about 50 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement in dawn raids in five cities including Cairo. The organisation said those detained included doctors, engineers, civil servants and businessmen, adding that bank accounts had been frozen. The offices and companies of some members were also shut down by police. The authorities regularly take action against the Muslim Brotherhood, seen as Egypt’s main opposition movement. It is tolerated by the authorities and has 16 members of parliament, who were elected as independents. The Brotherhood was banned in 1954 for advocating violent means to turn Egypt into an Islamic state but today it supports peaceful methods of change. Like killing all the Jews? |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #3 Except Egypts parliament is completely powerless |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2004-05-18 12:09:15 AM |
| #2 It is tolerated by the authorities and has 16 members of parliament, who were elected as independents. This was emphasized in my original post and that emphasis was duly noted. I do not know why this site's moderators chose to remove it. I emphasized this passage because it shows an overt condonement by Egypt of their own internal rot and felt it to be worthy of notice. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-05-17 1:04:03 PM |
| #1 This is their version of rounding up the usual suspects. They arrest them, grab some funds, and in a month or a year, let them out. And do it all over in a few years. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-05-17 11:39:24 AM |