Participation not confrontation (مشاركة لا مغالبة). This is the slogan adopted for the Muslim Brotherhood’s parliamentary election campaign 2010, in which Brothers, standing as independents much as they did in 2005, will contest 30% of the seats up for grabs in the Majlis ash-Shaab. The decision to contest the elections was announced today by the Supreme Guide, Muhammad Badie (you can read his speech here).
Expect the results of the election to be used by both sides (supporters and detractors of the MB) as a litmus test for the relative success or failure of political Islam.
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