Brotherhood official urges Egypt's Jews to return

January 04, 2013 02:37

A leading Muslim Brotherhood member and adviser to Islamist President Mohammed Mursi created a stir in Egypt when he called on Egyptian Jews in Israel to return home because Egypt is now a democracy and because the Jewish state won't survive.

Essam el-Erian's remarks in a TV appearance put the Brotherhood, which holds power in Egypt, on the spot as opponents and some allies jumped on the comments to denounce the group.

Mursi's office this week disassociated the president from the comments, saying they were el-Erian's personal opinion. The criticism ran an unusual gamut of Egyptians' attitudes toward Jews, Israel and the Brotherhood itself.

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