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Abolishing the Muslim Brotherhood: A Big Mistake
munaeem | 19 January, 2007 08:07
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed writes in the Al-Sharq al-Awsat (English):
"Abolishing the Muslim Brotherhood, a political, ideological, social and economic trend is somewhat impossible even if the Egyptian president endorses such a decision himself."
"The Muslim Brotherhood is not a company whose activities can be stopped at the order of the government; rather the movement represents an oppositional ideology, or a number of groups of society consisting of 70 million people, characterized by dynamism and plurality."
"One must agree with the state’s rejection to the opportunistic methods of the movement that exploits religion to raise money, win votes, provoke feelings and divide society. The exploitation of religion in politics is unacceptable unless that society accepts division based on religion."
"The government could have codified partisanship and freed it from the exploitation of religion, imposing conditions on membership and opening the door to complaints whenever a violation takes place within parties."
"As for any attempts to abolish a historical, deep-rooted and popular movement such as the Muslim Brotherhood, these will undoubtedly fail. Such a move would increase confrontation and weaken the value of political reform that has characterized the era of President Hosni Mubarak."
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