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| Egypt detains 26 Muslim Brotherhood members |
| 2008-01-28 |
| (Xinhua) -- Egyptian security authorities on Monday arrested 26 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, the official MENA news agency reported. The Muslim Brotherhood members were detained on charges of attempting to spread the Islamic group's ideas and possessing leaflets containing their ideology, which was termed by the authorities as "misleading" to the country. The detainees have been referred to the prosecution for investigation, said the report. Officially banned in 1954 for its attempt to set up an Islamic government, Egypt's biggest Islamic opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood won 88 seats in the 454-member lower house of parliament after its members ran as independents in 2005 legislative elections. An Egyptian constitutional amendments adopted by a national referendum last March prohibited the forming of any political party on a religious base. |
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