President Mohamed Morsi has renewed respect for the peace agreement signed with Israel saying he will not seek to turn Egypt into a religious state.
In an interview with a German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine, President Morsi said Egypt is seeking through its foreign policy to establish balanced relations with all countries expressing support for Germany to play a bigger role in the Middle East.
He said Egypt will not turn into a religious state adding he has a strong belief in the state in which power circulation in is taking place smoothly, democracy and freedoms are prevailing, opposition is respected and social justice is observed.
He said his campaign against the remnants of the former regime is restricted to legal means adding he will combat dictatorship and bureaucracy, which prevailed for a long time, within the framework of law and judiciary.
Morsi said he is keen to protect the interest of all Egyptians adding demonstrations which broke out in protest against the constitution are normal and follow long time of dictatorship. He said all Egyptians are equal before law regardless of their beliefs and religions. He said the constitution guarantees equal rights for Copts and women.
President Morsi will head for Germany by the end of January at an invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Presidential Spokesman Yasser Ali said Saturday.
Morsi will meet with President François Hollande of France early in February following his visit to Germany.
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The problem with president Morsi , he a pillar of the Muslim Brotherhood mindset . many of his closest aids are known for extremism who despise democracy and secularism .
One of his close advisors Saad el- Husseini a hardliner who is also close to Khairat al-Shater , In March 2011, announced that the Freedom and Justice Part , FJP would stick by “the jurisprudential opinion refusing the appointment of women or Christians as president,” .
He probably thinks Germany is soft Political option .
The recent exposure of President Morsi''s , anti Semitic rants were not at all surprising .
unfortunately The Muslim Brothers including the president himself , Have been conditioned into a certain behaviour pattern, that identified on the rejection of secularism and hate of Judaism.
Morsi “these bloodsuckers who attack the Palestinians, these warmongers, the descendants of apes and pigs.” , are similar to the Islamists mentor , Sheikh Qaradawi's anti Semitic mindset on various satellite TVs about Israel and Jews. His denial of 9/11 by defending radicals and asserting that there no evidence has been presented that could identify the attackers , is another aspect of his shortsighted views.
His remarks are serious , as it were made when he was at the height of his career as a professor at a provincial university in Egypt ,and a head of Muslim Brotherhood.
His public reactions , soon after becoming president of Egypt , supported the same line of anti Semitism when he is asked to comment about Israel.
Morsi's unguarded remarks about president Obama speech in Cairo endorse his radical credentials will add fuel to the fire and would raise questions about Morsi real intentions , and his statesmanship .
For a long time , he has been as known as a hardcore Islamist, not known to condemn Islamist terrorists (including Al-Qaeda) and openly vowed to get Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman released from US jail where the 9/11 religion mentor is serving life sentence - he also made his gesture clear, by bringing Omar Abdul Rahman family , to his side, in Tahrir Square during his taking oath as the president of Egypt.
Morsi and the majority of Brotherhood , with such fundamental religious- political believes will never change , he may keep low for a while from the embarrassment of these videos , especially when faced with a US condemnation . Muslim Brotherhood unlikely to disown such remarks.
He doesn't call Israel by name , as he clearly does not recognise Israel. A very senior Muslim Brother Dr Usama El- Erian , recently asserted that Israel will not last 10 years as state.
Since MB came to power , Egypt is sleep walking in an Islamic Republic -by -the Nile situation .
they thinks democracy is just elections ,no more .Thus the liberal and seculars institutions are continuously undermined and starved from funds.
The Brothers are very well funded all over the Arab World ,which likely to spell over into other countries like Mali.
The terrorists who abducted and murdered the workers at the Gas plant in Algeria also demanded the release of Omar Abdul Raman.
The Brotherhood senior members prides themselves for being anti American , anti West and anti Jews . Being in power will harden their resolve ,rather than mature their political understanding of Israel or the USA.
Egypt's domestic situation is getting from bad to worse , as the economy growth is about third of its level during Mubarak
US and the West will need to rethink its ME strategies , which are currently giving mixed signals .
Dr Wafik Moustafa , chairman of Conservative Arab Network London