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Former Minister, Freedom and Justice Party, Egypt - Yehia Hamed

Former Minister, Freedom and Justice Party, Egypt - Yehia Hamed

The Interview vor 12 Jahren

Is the Muslim Brotherhood in danger of encouraging the violence it professes to abhor?

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It is three years since the uprisings collectively known as the
'Arab Spring' claimed their biggest prize – the ousting of Hosni
Mubarak who had ruled Egypt for thirty years. The previously
banned Muslim Brotherhood produced the country's first ever
democratically elected president. Six months later he too was
deposed. The Brotherhood has since been designated as "terrorist"
with its leaders thrown in jail or in exile. One of those is
Yehia Hamed. He was investment minister in a government, critics
say, put its own interests ahead of the economic crisis which
precipitated its downfall. A new constitution has just been
overwhelmingly approved by Egyptians - elections are promised
within months. With the Brotherhood telling its supporters to
"topple the leaders of the treacherous military coup", isn't the
Brotherhood encouraging the violence it professes to abhor?