Brotherhood and US Meet About Women, Israel and Copts in Egypt

A Christian woman shows her support for Muslim Brotherhood's then-presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi in Cairo June 23, 2012. (photo by REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 
 A Muslim Brotherhood official said that the US has secretly been communicating with the Brotherhood over the past few days. The US has focused on four main issues in its discussions:

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Summary: The US Secretary of State has been communicating with the Brotherhood over the past few days, Mansour Kamel reports. The discusions center on the Brotherhood’s vision for the future of relations between Egypt and Israel, how it will deal with the Copts, women’s rights and the roles of key ministries in the new Egyptian government. Publisher: Al-Masry Al-Youm (Egypt) Original Title: Secret Communications between the Muslim Brotherhood and Washington Author: Mansour Kamel Published on: Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 Translated On: Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 Translator: Sahar Ghoussoub Categories : Politics Reports / Studies Egypt

1. The Brotherhood’s ideological stance toward Israel and its vision for the future of relations between Egypt and Israel
2. The Brotherhood’s stance toward supporting the Hamas government and its vision in how to deal with the Copts and their rights in Egypt
3. The Brotherhood’s stance on women’s rights
4. The formation of a new government in Egypt and the potentially different roles for key ministries such as the ministries of defense, interior and foreign affairs

In a statement to Al-Masry al-Youm, the Brotherhood official said, “In her latest visit to Cairo, [Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton wanted the Brotherhood’s opinions and views regarding these four main issues. The Brotherhood’s views are especially important now it rules Egypt and Mohammed Morsi is the president of the republic. The Brotherhood will also most likely dominate the future government, just as it controlled the dissolved parliament.”

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