Muslim Brotherhood Doesn’t Pose Threat, Egyptian General Says
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A member of Egypt’s ruling military council said fears that the Muslim Brotherhood poses a threat to the country’s emerging democracy are exaggerated and that the group has a right to participate in political life.
“They are not seeking to have a religious country,” said Major General Mohamed Said Elassar, a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces that took control when ousted President Hosni Mubarak ceded authority. “They have to have the same rights as all Egyptians.”