[Jerusalem Post Front Page] Egypt's Moslem Brüderbund said Saturday that it will not run for the presidency
| And a good thing that is, too. They've got an awful lot of bottoms for only one presidential chair. |
| Especially since a 'presidency' is not Islamic. You could look it up. The head cheese at the Muslim Brotherhood would, with reluctance, accept the title of 'caliph'... |
and will not seek to get a majority in the parliament.
| But if offered, they will accept the manifest will of the people. |
| Until the caliph disbands the parliament and rules on behalf of the ummah, who gratefully accept his wisdom -- or else... |
The announcement was an attempt to reaffirm that it was not seeking power in the Egyptian parliament.
The group praised the efforts of the new army rulers to transfer power to civilians.
| "We can wait...That's in the plan, too." |
"The Moslem Brüderbund ... are not seeking personal gains, so they announce they will not run for the presidency and will not seek to get a majority in the parliament and that they consider themselves servants of these decent people," a statement read.
| They do keep pairs of golden, curly-toed slippers safely stashed in their closets... |
| Beautifully embroidered, golden, curly-toed slippers, suitable to their future station in life. |
"We support and value the sound direction that the Higher Military Council is taking on the way to transfer power peacefully to create a civilian government in line with the will of the people," the statement continued.
During the week, members of Congress warned about the risk posed by the Moslem Brüderbund's participation in a new Egyptian government and scolded the B.O. regime for suggesting an openness to the Islamic group having some role in its composition.
"The Moslem Brüderbund had nothing to do with driving these protests, and they and other forces of Evil must not be allowed to hijack the movement toward democracy and freedom in Egypt," declared Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, at the start of a hearing Wednesday. |