Young Egyptian prisoners distance selves from Muslim Brotherhood
A group of young members of the Muslim Brotherhood have appealed for dialogue in hopes of a pardon, but many Egyptians are wary of such efforts.
Young Muslim Brotherhood members serving jail terms have launched a reconciliation effort that has raised many questions about Egypt's approach to such efforts.
On April 2, a document emerged from inside the Tora Prison, signed by a Mohammed al-Rayes. In it, young Brotherhood members announced their desire to offer "intellectual reviews" to correct misconceptions about their ideas in exchange for a presidential pardon.
The group announced that it had severed ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and called upon the state to start a dialogue with them to fight misconceptions and fanatical ideas. The prisoners wrote that they spent years preparing for this effort, having announced a similar initiative from Fayoum Prison to test the waters two years ago.
“Five years on, the Muslim Brotherhood still has no vision or way out of the crisis. Therefore, we launched the initiative. Now, we are independent youth. We are no longer associated with any group or association,” the document read.
