The Muslim Brotherhood Comments on ''Gray Zones'' Carnegie Paper

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The Muslim Brotherhood Comments on ''Gray Zones'' Carnegie Paper

By Abdul Monem Abul Futouh

Published on Jul 13, 2006

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Click on the PDF icon above to read the full text of comments by Abdul Monem Abul Futouh, Member of the Guidance Bureau of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, on “Islamist Movements and the Democratic Process in the Arab World: Exploring the Gray Zones,” by Nathan Brown, Amr Hamzawy, and Marina Ottaway (Carnegie Paper No. 67, March 2006).

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Abdul Monem Abul Futouh

Political Reform Democracy Foreign Policy Middle East Egypt

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