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The Brotherhood distorts the Egyptian human rights situation to stir up international opinion against Egypt

Sunday 14/February/2021 - 07:05 PM
The Reference
طباعة

Given that the current US President, Joe Biden, announced on more than one occasion that he was giving priority to the human rights file around the world, Arab and Middle Eastern human rights figures, who have ties to the Brotherhood, and in a state of constant hostility with the ruling regimes, began to wave this file in order to get closer to the administration The New American.

Since Biden came to power, the Muslim Brotherhood has moved those it calls its "human rights defenders" to spread incorrect news about the Egyptian human rights scene, and to fund American newspapers with money to publish media reports distorting the Egyptian state, in an attempt to turn the new American administration against the regime in Egypt.

Regardless of these failed attempts, as the American administration did not show any response to them, the Brotherhood continues its approach.

In a new circumvention, the Brotherhood tried to present itself in the form of civil, not religious, opposition, by establishing what is known as the "Union of National Forces" in Istanbul, Turkey, headed by the Egyptian politician who is close to the Brotherhood, Ayman Nour.

The new union, headed by "Nour", the former liberal Egyptian Al-Ghad Party leader, and a former presidential candidate under the late President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, tried to present itself as a cover that accommodates all national forces, and is not restricted to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Despite this, the new entity remains no different from other entities that the Brotherhood has launched in Turkey since 2013, and the only exception this time is the Biden administration, which the Brotherhood is trying to address in an implicit way through this union.

The group is betting on Washington's engagement with the Union and to be a prelude to the Brotherhood's restoration of part of their presence in Egypt, and after it, a return to the Egyptian scene.

By advancing itself in the civil mold, the group seeks to win Egyptian civil opponents to its side, as Ayman Nour said that the new entity includes currents from the far right to the far left.

This step is considered a desperate attempt to break the isolation experienced by the group, as all political figures seek to create a distance between it and the Brotherhood to absolutely reject the Egyptian street.

In press statements, Sameh Eid, a researcher who specializes in Islamic groups, said: The purpose of establishing this union “is to address the American administration with the mentality of civil opposition away from forms of religious discoloration, and to employ this to put pressure on the Egyptian regime and to suggest that the Brotherhood still possesses effective tools that can be used.

In parallel, the Brotherhood moved the file of the Brotherhood activist who obtained American citizenship, Muhammad Sultan, as Sultan, as an American, filed a lawsuit against the former Prime Minister of Egypt, Hazem al-Beblawi, accusing him of torture.

The Brotherhood places high hopes for the advent of Democratic "Joe Biden" to power, as the current US President is more open to religious currents than his predecessor, "Donald Trump," the Azerbaijani, with whom the group wishes to repeat its experience with former Democrat Barack Obama.

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