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Muslim Brotherhood Long Voiced Dissent in Egypt
CBS News ^ | February 4, 2011 | Mark Strassman

Posted on 02/04/2011 6:15:53 PM PST by Suvroc10

(CBS) CAIRO - There are many opposition groups in Egypt. None is as organized or as vilified as the Muslim Brotherhood.

On Friday, its leaders said they won't run a candidate for president, but the brotherhood does expect to play a role in Egypt's future, CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassmann reports.

Long before the clamor of Tahrir Square, Hosni Mubarak heard one group's dissent and despised them for it.

They're the Muslim Brotherhood, religious conservatives, often secretive and poorly understood. What is clear: They want an Egyptian Islamic state. This week, they stepped out of the shadows and joined the protesters demanding Mubarak to step down.

"For so long we have voiced our rejection of these criminal policies which have spoiled all aspects of life in Egypt and all those who sought to express their opinion," the Muslim Brotherhood's deputy director, Dr. Rashad Albayomi, said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: egypt; fanatics; islamofascists; muzziebrudahood

1 posted on 02/04/2011 6:15:58 PM PST by Suvroc10
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To: Suvroc10

Poorly understood???????????????

I say, understood all too well. OBL adherents. Sharia law adherents. Violent anti semites. America haters in the extreme.


2 posted on 02/04/2011 6:17:44 PM PST by Carley (ARAB STREET NO DIFFERENT THAN AMERICA'S LEFT)
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To: Carley

I may be crazy but does anyone else think the Muslim Brotherhood is scratching their heads wondering what the hell is going on?


3 posted on 02/04/2011 6:20:59 PM PST by screaminsunshine (Surfers Rule)
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To: Suvroc10
"Muslim Brotherhood" doesn't sound like anything any Egyptian thought up.

It sounds more like something that a Louis Farrakhan or a Quannel X would think up.

4 posted on 02/04/2011 6:27:33 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
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To: screaminsunshine

“I may be crazy but does anyone else think the Muslim Brotherhood is scratching their heads wondering what the hell is going on?”

Not me, they’re celebrating that they got one of their own in DC. After all, no sane person would EVER let them get this close to power.


5 posted on 02/04/2011 6:33:21 PM PST by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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To: Suvroc10

They’re the Muslim Brotherhood, religious conservatives———————yeah and I got a bridge in CA to sell ya.


6 posted on 02/04/2011 7:01:42 PM PST by Freddd
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To: Carley

Poorly understood???????????????


LOL I remember that the completely unhinged actor Ed Asner once contended that Stalin was “misunderstood.”


7 posted on 02/04/2011 7:44:32 PM PST by PaleoBob
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To: PaleoBob

Don’t let them be misunderstood.


8 posted on 02/04/2011 7:55:24 PM PST by alecqss
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To: Carley

Yep, but now Mr. Strassman will explain them, alright. His previous job was to sell Brooklyn bridge.


9 posted on 02/04/2011 7:57:18 PM PST by alecqss
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To: Suvroc10

Someone needs to whisper to the Egyptian services to use the chaos to WIPE OUT the MB leadership, down to their last man. Bad things happen in chaos, you know...


10 posted on 02/04/2011 8:04:28 PM PST by mewykwistmas ("Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ")
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To: Suvroc10

“Dissent” is one of the Left’s favorite words but it is simply not warranted here. The Ikhwan doesn’t “dissent.” It doesn’t even believe in “dissent.” Once it’s in power, there will be no “dissent” of any kind; there will only be, for lack of better terms, the stoners and the stonees.


11 posted on 02/04/2011 8:10:04 PM PST by denydenydeny (Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak-Adams)
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To: Carley
Obviously, CBS is not familiar with Andrew McCarthy's work.
12 posted on 02/05/2011 1:19:43 AM PST by OddLane
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To: PaleoBob

Now Obamao’s global warming gurus are tying to tell us they are being misunderstood and we need to be edumacated!!!!


13 posted on 02/05/2011 7:01:47 AM PST by Carley (ARAB STREET NO DIFFERENT THAN AMERICA'S LEFT)
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To: Suvroc10

Which side of the fence is CBS News on? Next, when they start to behead journalists, will the MSM finally get the picture and stop supporting all elements of these uprisings?


14 posted on 02/05/2011 9:51:29 AM PST by Napoleon Solo
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To: Suvroc10

Which side of the fence is CBS News on? Next, when they start to behead journalists, will the MSM finally get the picture and stop supporting all elements of these uprisings?


15 posted on 02/05/2011 9:51:38 AM PST by Napoleon Solo
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