Egypt officially recognizes moderate Islamic party (tolerants split from Muslim Brotherhood in 1996)

Yahoo ^ | 2/19/11 | Maamoun Youssef - ap

[NormsRevenge]

CAIRO – A moderate Islamic party outlawed for 15 years was granted official recognition Saturday by an Egyptian court in a sign of increasing political openness after the fall of autocratic President Hosni Mubarak.

Al-Wasat Al-Jadid, or the New Center, was founded in 1996 by activists who split off from the conservative Muslim Brotherhood and sought to create a political movement promoting a tolerant version of Islam with liberal tendencies. Its attempts to register as an official party were rejected four times since then, most recently in 2009.

[NormsRevenge]

camel, tent, que sera

[NormsRevenge]

or just ‘positive fruit’ of the “People of Egypt” revolution?

[ColdOne]

A moderate Islamic party No such thing.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Moderate Muslims saw through your neck quickly.

Extremists saw slower, that's the difference.

[Defend Liberty]

Moderate islam is a contradiction.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NormsRevenge.

Al-Wasat Al-Jadid, or the New Center, was founded in 1996 by activists who split off from the conservative Muslim Brotherhood and sought to create a political movement promoting a tolerant version of Islam with liberal tendencies.

The trick is to be a *living* tolerant version of Islam with liberal tendencies.