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2005-12-06 Africa North

A senior figure in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood organisation has argued against non-Muslims holding leadership positions in Egypt, including the presidency.

Anybody got a good definition of the word "oppression"?

Mohamed Habib, the first deputy of the Brotherhood's Supreme Guide, said that "if we are to apply the Islamic rule which says that non-Muslims have no guardianship over Muslims, then a Christian may not be president".

That applies everywhere, of course. As soon as a Muslim shows up, y'gotta put him in charge...

Habib was talking to reporters at the group's headquarters in Manial al-Roda on Monday. In a speech outlining the banned but tolerated group's preliminary agenda for the next parliament, Habib said that the rule is the "only exception" regarding restrictions for non-Muslims. Otherwise, they share the same "rights and duties of Muslims".

Right. We've seen that applied in all Muslim countries, too.

But according to Tarek El-Bishri, a respected Islamist intellectual and former judge, the Brotherhood's interpretation of non-Muslim guardianship is meaningless in the modern age.

He's making the assumption that Egypt is in the modern age.

Constitutions and laws - rather than one individual as was the case in medieval times - govern guardianship today "and thus it doesn't matter if the president is Muslim or Christian", el-Bishri told Aljazeera.net

It matters to the Muslim Brotherhood, and they'll probably end up in charge in Egypt eventually.

The Coptic Christian community comprises approximately 10% of Egypt's population of 72 million. The Brotherhood's gains in the ongoing three-stage parliamentary elections â 76 seats - have alarmed Coptic and secular groups in Egypt despite repeated attempts by the group's leaders to allay their fears.

Yeah. We can see how they're going out of their way to allay their fears.

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