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The Society of the Muslim Brothers ( /ikhwan/el-ekhwan al-muslimūn, often simply "The Brotherhood" or "MB") is the world's oldest and one of the largest Islamist movements, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states.
Read More at Wikipedia ›CAIRO -- Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called Thursday on the ruling generals to sack the military-appointed government, saying it has failed to manage the deteriorating security and economic situation in the country.
The Islamic fundamentalist Brotherhood controls nearly 50 percent of the seats in the new parliament, by far the single largest bloc to emerge from Egypt's freest and fairest elections in decades. Brotherhood spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan said the military should appoint a Brotherhood representative as prime minister, who would then form a new government.The calls for sacking the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri, comes after deadly soccer riot that sparked days of clashes between protesters and the police. At least 74 were killed in the riot on Feb. 1 and at least 15 more died in the clashes that followed."We call on the military council to sack this government that has failed to handle this big event and to form another government," said Ghozlan. "If there is ...CAIRO -- The long banned Muslim Brotherhood said Tuesday it will form a political party once democracy is established in Egypt but promised not to field a candidate ...
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