Egypt’s Mursi to meet JI chief in upcoming visit
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi is planning to meet the leadership of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) during his upcoming visit to Pakistan this month, a source told The Express Tribune.
Mursi is expected to visit Islamabad to attend the Developing-8 countries summit meeting on November 22.
Inside sources say that Morsi, one of the top leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood or Ikhwanul Muslimoon will meet JI chief Syed Munawaar Hassan and other leaders during his three-day visit to Pakistan.
However, it is not yet ascertained whether the meeting between the two religious parties will take place in Lahore or Islamabad, as it is speculated that the Egyptian president is scheduled to stop over in Lahore for a day.
The JI chief, when contacted by The Express Tribune said that he had no information as yet about his meeting with the Muslim Brotherhood leader.
“Mursi might have expressed his desire to meet us during his recent meeting with Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar who had gone to Cairo to personally deliver an invitation to the Egyptian president for the D-8 summit in Islamabad,” Hassan said.
JI’s visit to Egypt
Hassan, along with his party colleagues, are to travel to Egypt this month for their meeting with the central leadership of the Brotherhood, the JI chief disclosed.
“We will travel to Cairo after attending an international conference of the world Islamic movements in Sudan.”
JI has maintained mutual ties with the Muslim Brotherhood. The party’s founder Maulana Abul Aala Maudoodi is considered to be one of the spiritual and political leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Last year’s visit
A three-member JI delegation comprising Secretary General Liaquat Baloch, JI foreign affairs chief Abdul Ghaffar and JI Chief Hassan during their four-day visit to Cairo last year met with Dr. Muhammad Badei, the chief of the Brotherhood and Dr Mehmudul Hassan, the Brotherhood’s secretary general and other central leaders including President Mursi.
Leadership of the two parties decided to join hands to solve issues faced by Muslims the world over. They vouched to strengthen relations between Islamic movements in different countries, and to counter anti-Islam propaganda, stated a press release issued from the JI headquarters in Lahore last year.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 12th, 2012.
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@mahmood: Mr Mahmmod brotherhood is not oblivious of facts like you.JI is a party of middle educated people and it is the only party which has intra party democracy it has opposed every dictator.Ayub Khan banned JI.JI also opposed Yahya Khan.it was only part of Zia regime for 4 months after that it opposed Zia dictatorship.it also opposed pervez Musharraf so please don't distort facts.JI also has the countries largest welfare network the Al-Khidmat foundation which helps the poor and the weak.
Hope Mursi learns by his Pakistani comrades experience, even though Pak religious jamaats will never accept their responsibility for getting our country into the current pit. Let Mursi and his gang run the country for 10 years (it is another question if they could last that long!) you will have another Pakistan in the ummah!
No world leaders has so far met our future Prime Minister. In other countries, visiting leaders and diplomats start developing relationship with popular local leaders long before elections. Recently in India, a group of about twenty ambassadors met with N. Modi but in Pakistan no one meets our future Prime Minister, nor he is trying to develop relationship with world leaders. In foreign tours too, his focus is to squeeze donations from expatriate Pakistanis, who have already become worthless in Pakistani politics. Isn't it a proof that he is not serious about politics?
Y'all must be feeling more Arab because of this visit ?
Good for both to built strong relation between two countries,ideology which change pakistan.
Why? What have MB and JI done for their respective people that they can offer to the other? JI can only teach hatred and intolerance for diversity and women in particular?
No mention of this in Egyptian newspapers - article itself says that JI chief can't confirm meeting - appears to be another "made in Pakistan" article. It makes no sense that your foreign minister would try and arrange meeting between President of Egypt and a minority religious party.
Best wishes for MB and JI to bring closer the islamic countries to each other.
Does Morsi also believe in lame conspiracy theories?
And Abdul Rehman Malik is to hook up with Indians soon, time for like minded to gather
Maududi's writings have been a source of inspiration for the brotherhood in Egypt. But Mursi should be reminded that JI has partnered with every tinpot mitliary dictator in usurping the People's fundamental rights. They were part of the oppression in East Pakistan just before it separated. Their vision of an Islamic system is limited to lashes and punishment for the weak in society. The powerful people - generals and landlords - are not subject to the Islamic system in JI's world view.
The news is not visit of Mursi but his meeting with JI chief. Liberals hails Mursi as a symbol of struggle against dictatorship and supporter of democracy. Now how they will react to this news...oh they have already reacted by choosing the headline
This meeting wont make any diff in Political Arena,
Its Good to see that Muslim Country leaders are visiting Pakistan.
JI always supported dictatorship while MB always stood against dictatorship. JI does not a wide public support while MB have roots in people. JI does not share any values with with MB,except religion. just "stop over" meeting is the right status given to JI.
Muslim Brotherhood and JI could have same ideology but in practice both are completely opposite to each other. JI in Egypt would have become B team of Hosni Mubarak.
Birds of a feather flock together...!!!
And why is this the main headline on this website?