Monday, January 16, 2012

Egypt's Islamists Poised To Lead Egypt's Next Parliament

Saad al-Katatni, secretary general of the the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, attends a news conference at the headquarters of the party in Cairo on Monday. A temporary power-sharing agreement would install one of their candidates as parliamentary speaker in Egypt. Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Reuters

Islamist Set to Lead Egypt's Next Parliament -- Voice of America

Egypt's leading political parties have agreed to select a senior Muslim Brotherhood figure as speaker of the country's newly elected parliament, with another Islamist group and a liberal party taking the deputy posts.

The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party-led alliance, which secured the biggest bloc in parliamentary elections, proposed its secretary-general, Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, as parliament speaker.

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More News On Islamists Preparing To lead Egypt's Next Parliament

Parties Pick 1st Islamist Egypt Parliament Speaker -- ABC News/AP
Egypt's next parliament to be led by Islamist -- Washington Post
Egypt Islamists Nominate Candidate for Parliament Speaker -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Islamist set to be Egypt's new parliament speaker -- Reuters

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