Ahmed Ezzat @ahmed3zat Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Condemns UN Report on Women - Bloomberg via @BloombergNow http://bloom.bg/ZNJLWU أيوة بقى كدة على المكشوف Followed by ⋆ ♫♪ ღVeRaღ ♪♫ ⋆ Hide summary Reply Retweet Favorite Buffer More Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Condemns UN Report on Women Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the country's largest Islamist movement, criticized a United Nations report that aimed to end violence against women and girls, saying it violates principles of Islamic... Bloomberg News @BloombergNews · Follow 12RETWEETS 4FAVORITES Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the country's largest Islamist movement, criticized a United Nations report that aimed to end violence against women and girls, saying it violates principles of Islamic law. The Brotherhood, the movement from which Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi hails, sent a 10-point critique of a document drafted at a meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York. The text is due to be formally adopted when the session ends tomorrow. Enlarge image Egyptians wave a flag bearing the portrait of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt, the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten during the 14th century B.C, as they march in Cairo to mark International Women's Day on March 8. Photographer: Mahmud Khaled/AFP/Getty Images "The Muslim Brotherhood calls on leaders of Islamic countries, their foreign ministers and representatives in the United Nations to reject and condemn this document," the group saidstatement. It urged the UN "to rise up to the high morals and principles of family relations prescribed by Islam." The growing power of the Brotherhood since the overthrow ofHosni Mubarak in 2011 has raised concerns Egypt may adopt religiously motivated laws that would curtail freedoms, especially for women and Christians. Persistent protests against Mursi and...
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