Monday, April 9, 2012

Guardian Video: Tariq Ramadan: the Muslim Brotherhood currently lacks political substance

Tariq Ramadan, author of The Arab Awakening, on the Muslim Brotherhood, which has chosen to field a presidential candidate in Egypt. He says there are tensions in the movement between those prepared to reach out to secularists – as Ennahda has done in Tunisia – and those who want to go it alone. He goes on to argue that at the moment the Brotherhood relies heavily on historical and religous legitimacy rather than presenting a serious set of policies for dealing with Egypt's stark economic and social problems
guardian.co.uk, Monday 9 April 2012

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