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Nobel Peace panel stands behind Muslim Brotherhood winner
The chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize committee has dismissed concerns that one of this years three recipients, Tawakkul Karman of Yemen, represents a party directly linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.Thorbojern Jagland told reporters in Oslo this weekend that he disagrees with the perception widespread in the West that the Brotherhood is a threat to democracy. There are many signals that that kind of movement can be an important part of the solution, he said. We have included the Arab Spring in this prize, but we have put it in a particular context. Namely, if one fails to include the women in the revolution and the new democracies, there will be no democracy. Karman, 32 and a mother of three, is a leading member of Islah (Reform), Yemens main opposition movement. The movement is split into three wings: a tribal confederacy led by the head of the powerful Al- Ahmar tribe; a political movement that operates under the Muslim Brotherhood banner; and a religious branch linked to the worldwide Salafi movement. The last of these is led by Abdul Majeed al-Zindani, a Sunni religious scholar and former adviser to Osama bin Laden who is considered a terrorist by the US. Posted by: tipper 2011-10-12 |
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