Rfi. France:

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has told RFI that its internal election on Saturday was an exercise in democracy. The previously banned group appointed three new senior figures for the organisation’s newly formed Freedom and Justice party. The Brotherhood says a new political “era” in Egypt should be inclusive and take account of more conservative Islamic movements.

“Islam is compatible with democracy,” says spokesman Essam El-Eriam. “The Muslim Brotherhood applies democracy and chooses its leaders according to democratic rule through elections”.

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