ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood has brought in many new leaders and will remain a powerful force following the sentencing of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi to 20 years in prison, a senior figure from the movement said on Tuesday.
"Yes we have thousands of Egyptians including Muslim Brotherhood leaders in jail and killed but this led to a major renewal or replacement of many of the leaders," Amr Darrag, a former minister under Mursi, told Reuters in Istanbul.
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