Friday, August 29, 2008

21 Muslim Brotherhood members arrested

(AFP)

Twenty-one members of Egypt's main opposition Muslim Brotherhood were arrested on Thursday in the Nile Delta for holding an illegal meeting at a former MP's home, a security official said."The 21 men were detained in Sharqiya province at the home of a former MP and group leader," the official said, requesting anonymity.
They are accused of holding an illegal meeting and spreading the Brotherhood's ideology, having been found in possession of Brotherhood tracts.

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