The Muslim Brotherhood spokesperson in Syria, Zuheir Salem, is asking the Egyptian youth to organize protests in Tahrir Square for the pardoning of ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
In an article published on the website of the Arab Middle East Center for Civilization Studies and Advisory Studies Thursday, Salem asserted that it would be a lesson in civilization for the youth to call for the pardon.
“What a lesson in civilization the youth of Egypt’s Tahrir Square, including Muslim Brotherhood youth, would offer if they called for pardoning the president who treated them unjustly and ignored their suffering for decades?”
Salem said there was no better or more mature way they could say to "Mubarak, who heard no one, that 'We are not like you…you are free to go.'"
Salem justified his radical request on the ground that it is a “civilized message to the people of the world to replace the brutal image of his people that Mubarak presented to the world.”
The Brotherhood spokesman said the message would be very impressive, especially given the fact that Mubarak and his accomplices had presented Egyptians to the world as an oppressed people full of hate and fundamentalism and always eager for revenge.
He argued that the most important task at this stage is to focus on building Egypt and to leave minor issues, such as trials, behind.
Essam al-Erian, member of the Brotherhood's Guidance Bureau, denied that Salem made these statements and attributed them to “electronic games,” warning newspapers against taking them seriously.
“These are lies," he said. "No member of the Muslim Brotherhood, inside or outside of Egypt, can call for this. Electronic games are known and will not affect anyone. The press should not take these statements seriously."
Zuheir’s article, tiled “A Message to Arab Youths,” was at the top of the main page of the Middle East Arab Center's website.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
