Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: Brotherhood and Salafists to form election coalition

Today Egyptian daily Al Masry Al Youm reports that the Muslim Brotherhood has announced plans to form a coalition in parliament ‘in order to combat the secular political forces in the country.’ ‘Muslim leaders: We want an Islamic state’, explains:
‘A number of religious leaders representing Muslim movements have announce [sic] that the recent cooperation between various religious trends points to a common desire for a religious state that applies God’s laws.’
This move contradicts a current tendency in the British media to emphasise distance between the two Islamic movements. Muslim Brotherhood Member Sobhi Saleh is quoted, saying that ‘recent attacks on the Islamic groups brought us together’. Muslim Brotherhood lawyer Montasser al-Zayat said:
‘The Islamic movements are uniting, despite their different ideologies, because they feel Islam is threatened’. Read the rest here: http://hurryupharry.org/2011/05/11/muslim-brotherhood-in-egypt-brotherhood-and-salafists-to-form-election-coalition/

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