The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) on Wednesday began campaigning for upcoming parliamentary elections by placing posters in several cities, but did not make use of its established slogan "Islam is the Solution" on any campaign materials.
The decision to avoid use of the slogan is seen by other parties as a sign that the group is willing to abide by rules that prohibit the use of religious slogans in election campaigns.
“They may still use it at a later stage,” said Emad Nabawy, spokesman for the Communist Party.
Ashraf Badr Eddin, member of the FJP’s executive committee, said the committee will decide in its next meeting which slogan to use.
The FJP also met with the Karama Party on Wednesday to complete candidate lists for the Democratic Alliance and submit them to the High Elections Committee.
“The Brotherhood’s party is fielding 65 percent of coalition candidates, in addition to a large number for the individual seats,” said Wahid Abdel Meguid, head of the coalition’s elections committee.
In related news, the crisis between the Salafis and the Sufis has escalated, as Nader Bakar, member of the Nour Party’s politburo, blasted the Sufi Orders for their “arrogant tone,” as he put it.
Also, Khaled Saeed, member of the Dadila Party’s politburo, said the Sufis know nothing about politics. “They’ll vote for us Salafis in the end,” he said.
The Revolution Continues Bloc has submitted its list of 250 candidates, bringing the total number of registered lists to 17, with 3390 individual candidates so far.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
