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![]() Muslim Brotherhood pulls back from Egyptian politics
While the Brotherhood is unlikely to renounce political activity altogether, recent internal party elections saw advocates for political participation ousted.
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BEIRUT, March 10—The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has begun to scale back its political engagement because the results have been few, government repression continues, and other opposition groups mistrust the movement. Instead it will focus on a traditional religious, educational, and social agenda. The consequence will be an even greater lack of political competition, according to a new paper by Amr Hamzawy and Nathan J. Brown. In a detailed profile of the Muslim Brotherhood’s activities over the last decade, Hamzawy and Brown examine the Brotherhood’s relations with the Mubarak regime and other opposition groups, its legislative priorities and accomplishments, and its internal debate over the value of political participation. Key Conclusions:
“With the Brotherhood’s retreat, a fleeting opportunity that seemed to arise in the middle of the decade for building a more pluralistic political system and for an open political contest between competing visions for Egypt’s future appears to have been lost,” the authors conclude. |
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tags: Badie / Badee / Egyptian Politics / Government Repression / Opposition Groups / Political Competition / Hamzawy / Political Participation / Political Reforms
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