Egypt backs away from plan to dissolve Muslim Brotherhood


  • World
  • Wednesday, 28 Aug 2013

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans during a protest at Rabaa Adawiya Square, where they are camping, in Nasr City, east of Cairo August 7, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt should not ban the Muslim Brotherhood or exclude it from politics after the army's overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, the interim prime minister said, reversing his previous stated view.

The apparent about-turn fuelled speculation that the military-installed government may now seek a political settlement to the crisis, but also coincided with a new call for protests by Mursi's supporters.

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