Muslim Brotherhood

Egyptian expatriates cast votes this week for the 13 candidates competing in the first presidential election since a 2011 uprising unseated long-time President Hosni Mubarak. Of the tallies reported by Egyptian news service al-Ahram, former Muslim... Full Article at United Press International

Instead, he’s running an underdog campaign. The group’s prodigious political machine, which turned the once-besieged opposition movement into the dominant force in parliament early this year, has to contend with an uncharismatic candidate and a shift... Full Article at The Washington Post

Syria, May 13 (UPI) -- Leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood say they are not positioning themselves for a power grab in Syria where President Bashar Assad's regime is under attack. After 30 years of persecution in Syria, the Muslim Brotherhood has now come... Full Article at United Press International

Exiled Brotherhood members and their supporters hold the biggest number of seats in the Syrian National Council, the main opposition umbrella group. They control its relief committee, which distributes aid and money to Syrians participating in the revolt. Full Article at The Washington Post

Web site. "But that they will not succeed." Morsi is among the 13 candidates competing in a presidential contest set for a first round of voting later this month. Egyptians viewed their first televised presidential debate between former Arab League... Full Article at United Press International

(UPI Photo/Eco Clement) License photo CAIRO, May 11 (UPI) -- Egyptian presidential candidates faced off in the country's first televised debate two weeks before the start of the election. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former leader of the Muslim... Full Article at United Press International

Two weeks before the scheduled May 23 start of the election to choose the first president since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood campaigning as a liberal Islamist, faced Amr Moussa, a... Full Article at The New York Times

In homes and cafes, Egyptians sat transfixed by a debate that stretched past midnight. It featured Amr Moussa, the 75-year-old former chief of the Arab League, and moderate Islamist Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, 60, a former Muslim Brotherhood member. ... Full Article at The Washington Post

May 10, 2012, 1:12 pm By THE NEW YORK TIMES Two of the leading candidates to be Egypt’s next president square off in a televised debate on Thursday evening in Cairo, and The Lede will report on the clash between Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former... Full Article at The New York Times

Many activists said they wanted both Sunni empowerment and equal rights for all. If there was unanimity, it was in the fierce conviction that future leaders should come from their own ranks — “exclusively from this popular movement,” Abu Omar said — not... Full Article at The New York Times

In her review of the campaign commercials , the Egyptian blogger who writes as Zeinobia points out that Mr. Aboul Fotouh also pledges in this one “to make Egypt one of the strongest 20 countries in the world.” Mohamed Morsi, the official candidate of... Full Article at The New York Times

Va. , May 8 (UPI) -- If, as the White House suggests, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood represents moderate Islam and if it is the most influential component within their Parliament, a macabre draft law proposed by some members should send us a clear message. ... Full Article at United Press International

A face-to-face poll of 1,200 likely voters, conducted by Egyptian news service al-Ahram early last week, found Moussa and Fotouh, a former Muslim Brotherhood member, were the leading candidates for this month's election. The poll data indicate that... Full Article at United Press International

“It is public criticism. It’s clear and it’s candid, and that never existed in Jordan before,” said Zaki Saad, a leading figure with the Islamic Action Front, the political party of the Muslim Brotherhood, Jordan’s most organized opposition movement. ... Full Article at The Washington Post

(AMR ABDALLAH DALSH - REUTERS) “They can do good and they can do bad – but they’re just Muslims. They are not Islam.” And with that, the man summed up his talk about the different Islamist movements in Egypt. His talk had been intense – perhaps better... Full Article at The Washington Post

It is among the most consequential questions for Egypt’s allies, like the United States and Israel, and for the next Egyptian president. But one of the three front-runners, Amr Moussa, a former diplomat, says the issue is too sensitive to address... Full Article at The New York Times

Amnesty International said it was unclear who was responsible for the killings. Tensions are high in Egypt as the country prepares for presidential elections this month. The Muslim Brotherhood had vowed to have demonstrations every Friday until... Full Article at United Press International

The two leading candidates identified by the Information and Decision Support Center have 11 percent of the vote each, Ahram Online reported. They are Amr Moussa , a former secretary general of the Arab League, and Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former... Full Article at United Press International

Over the years, heads of the GID have often seemed interchangeable with prime ministers. So one of the main demands of the growing body of protesters, led by the Muslim Brotherhood, seeking sweeping reforms, is the curbing of GID's powers. The... Full Article at United Press International