Egyptian presidential advisor: Brotherhood ideology a crime against society

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Asharq Al Awsat :

Mostafa Hegazi defends his countrys decision to label the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization and insists there will be no return to emergency law despite the recent attacks

Ahmad Al-Ghamrawi

30 Dec, 2013

 

London, Asharq Al-AwsatA spate of recent attacks on security institutions and personnel has prompted the current Egyptian government to label the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. Despite other groups taking responsibility for the incidents, the government insists the Brotherhood is responsible and has allied itself with a number of groups seeking to destabilize the country ahead of the controversial constitutional referendum scheduled for January 1415.

 

In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Egyptian presidential advisor Mostafa Hegazy speaks about the countrys latest decision, and about the working definition of terrorism which the current government is using justify the use of the label. Hegazy argues that through its past and recent actions the Brotherhood has all but publicly declared itself a terrorist organization and insists Egyptian society now considers the group anathema to the Egyptian identity. As such there can be no guarantees for members wishing to rejoin society, he says, even if they wash their hands clean of the group.

 

Mostafa Hegazy is an advisor to Egypts interim president Adly Mansour and a former professor of management, strategic thinking, and institutional development at the University of Southern California. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the World Bank and CEO and President of ACME Corp, a strategic advisory and investment management corporation.

 

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