Egypt TV show stirs debate over Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO (AP) — The bearded young cleric yells at a young woman for lifting her traditional veil from her face while speaking to him on the street, and rants against Egyptians who adopt Western lifestyles and values. His followers beat up an opponent.
That is the image of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood depicted in a TV miniseries airing in Egypt that casts a harsh light on the country’s largest opposition movement just three months before a crucial parliamentary election that is expected to pit it against President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party.