Egypt Muslim Brotherhood

YOUNGER MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SAY ORG. WILL RISE AGAIN…….

They’re still tards, even if they can twitter.

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“About 70 per cent of the active members are aged below 30. We have taken most of the leadership positions too,” said Ahmed, a newly elected youth leader in Alexandria, which has one of the most active chapters of the Islamist movement.

Brotherhood will rise again in Egypt, says youth activist

Muslim Brotherhood supporters gathered in the El-Mataria neighborhood of Cairo last month
AP:Associated Press
Muslim Brotherhood supporter with a flare at a rally
  • Muslim Brotherhood supporters gathered in the El-Mataria neighborhood of Cairo last monthAP:Associated Press

The Muslim Brotherhood is making a dramatic comeback in Egypt, with an influx of new young members signing up since it was crushed in a military takeover and banned two years ago.

The 87-year-old movement shifted its headquarters to London after thousands of its rank-and-file members, and most of its older leaders, were jailed following the ousting of President Morsi in a coup in 2013. It was designated a terrorist group by the Egyptian authorities and has been blamed for a sharp increase in attacks against the security forces.

In Britain, where it now bases its websites and press office, it might yet be banned or have its activities heavily restricted when a review ordered by David Cameron presents its findings later this month.

However, its younger members say they are expanding the movement back at home. “About 70 per cent of the active members are aged below 30. We have taken most of the leadership positions too,” said Ahmed, a newly elected youth leader in Alexandria, which has one of the most active chapters of the Islamist movement.

Ahmed, a 30-year-old engineer who risks the hangman’s noose for his activities, said a new vision for the organisation had encouraged a wave of recruits. “Now we present the most active opposition against the regime.”

Younger members have taken over key roles within the Guidance Bureau, the secretive decision-making body, he said. The Bureau, which usually has 11 positions, had been dominated by senior members of the Brotherhood’s biggest families and was previously headed by Mohamed Badie, who is now in jail after being given five separate death penalties.

“Before 2013, you couldn’t find a Bureau member under 50 years old,” Ahmed said. The young members want to change the strategic vision of the group to make it more accessible to all political ideologies and parties, he added. They blame the “isolationist” attitude of the older leaders during the year they held the presidency for the group’s fall from power. “We are more open to other ways of thinking.”

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