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| Nour leader: Monopolising govt was Brotherhood's biggest mistake |
| 2013-08-10 |
| [Al Ahram] Salafist Nour Party leading figure Sherif Taha called the Moslem Brüderbund's decision to monopolise the political scene in Egypt "their biggest mistake." Taha, a member of the Nour Party's supreme committee, said his Islamist party consistently advised the Brotherhood not to field a candidate for presidency at all -- but in the case they do enter executive office that they form a national unity Cabinet. In an exclusive interview for Al-Arabiya news channel, Taha indicated that his party isn't even considering fielding a candidate for the next presidential elections. The biggest mistake Islamists can make would be to overtake politics from the beginning without gradual steps, he indicated. The Nour Party, Egypt's largest Salafist party, has come under strong attack from other Islamists for accepting the army-sponsored new roadmap which removed the Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi. "We want to be part of the political scene and reject any calls to exclude the Islamist current, but at the same time refuse to let the Islamist current lead the scene and bear the heavy burden all alone," Taha continued, adding that they joined the roadmap after realising Morsi is no longer capable of ruling. On 3 July military Commander-in-Chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi unveiled a new roadmap for Egypt's political future, which included the removal of president Mohamed Morsi to make way for prompt presidential elections. The new roadmap was announced in the presence and with the approval of several political figures, including the Nour Party. The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayeb and Egypt's Christian Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II were also present. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The biggest mistake Islamists can make would be to overtake politics from the beginning without gradual steps It took what, about a hundred twenty-five years for the US Left to take over? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-10 12:43 |