英语新闻:A call for unity issued by supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
2012-02-22
Supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have issued a call for (unity) while marking the one year anniversary of the start of the revolt that toppled longtime President Hosni Mubarak.
The group's supporters have held a (demonstration) at Cairo's Tahrir square; the focal point for the 18 day uprising that began a year ago.
"The Muslim Brotherhood are not able to do it all (on their own). We should seek the help from all different political trends, Muslim and Christian, to lift up our country."
"Most Egyptians, even if they are Salafis or Muslim Brothers, deal with things through consultation. They do not deal with things through aggression."
The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party has won nearly (fifty percent) of the seats in parliamentary elections.
The ultra-conservative Nour party holds another twenty percent, leaving the more liberal parties in the new parliament on the (sidelines).
Many young activists who spearheaded the revolution, and also threw their support mainly behind more liberal electoral (candidates), say they feel marginalized in the post-Mubarak Egypt.