CAIRO: Egypt's popular Muslim Brotherhood group said in their weekly statement on Saturday that they were committed to their agreement with other political powers regarding the “Friday of Unity” demonstration in Tahrir Square and other main squares across cities in Egypt. The Friday demonstration saw over one million Islamists flock to the square, chanting Islamic slogans and demanding an Egyptian Islamic state in contrast to the agreement of most participating powers in meetings during the days leading up to the demonstrations, in unifying the demands of the protest to social justice and martyrs families' rights. The Muslim Brotherhood defended the Salafist groups that broke the agreement and said they did it because they were “oppressed for many years.” The statement also accused what it called “provocation from extreme secularists” against the Islamic groups by “mocking or objecting on some Islamic practices.” Khairat al-Shater, Muslim Brotherhood's deputy leader, said on Tahrir TV that it is important for the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to include the Salafist groups in the national dialogue and not to ignore them. He denied any Brotherhood coalitions with Salafist groups at the moment. BM
