By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Former young leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) criticized the group’s decision to nominate former deputy supreme guide Khairat Al-Shater for president, announcing their support to one of his prominent rivals, Abdel Moneim Abol Fotoh, also a former Brotherhood leader. Mohamed El-Qassas, sacked leader of the MB youth and leading member of …
By Sarah El Deeb / AP CAIRO: Several young members from the Muslim Brotherhood have launched their own political party, exposing cracks in the influential Islamist organization that is expected to be the most formidable contender in Egypt’s upcoming elections. Banned from politics for half a century, the Brotherhood nonetheless maintained an effective organization based on …
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) youth held a press conference Saturday to reevaluate the group’s role in Egypt’s transition to democracy and to discuss the establishment of the group’s political part in the conspicuous absence of Brotherhood leaders who didn’t attend and refused to sponsor the event. The group’s deputy leader, Rashad Al-Bayoumi, …
