1)The MB under President Morsi hasn't completed consolidation of their hold on power (although up to 70% of Egyptians want Shariah law as the antidote to autocratic rule);
2)They are spitting into the hand that literally feeds them (the US and the West).
This public stance suggests a degree of regime confidence that gives room for pause. Why are they so "confident" to publicly denounce a UN measure which has widespread global support? Even in Muslim majority states, the secularists support and continue the fight against the religious elements to bring about legislative measures which address the widespread mistreatment and abuse of their female populace.
One needs to consider what kind of hold/influence does the MB have over our own government that gives this elected regime the kind of policy wiggle room which allows it to publicly condemn efforts led by the UN that the overwhelming majority of American tax payers support/relate to. Why are we supporting this misogynistic and violent regime?
Heil Ikhwan al Muslimin!
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Condemns UN Report on Women
Excerpts from the article:
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s largest Islamist movement, criticized a United Nations report that aimed to end violence against women and girls, saying it violates principles of Islamic law.
The Brotherhood, the movement from which Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi hails, sent a 10-point critique of a document drafted at a meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York. The text is due to be formally adopted when the session ends tomorrow.
“The Muslim Brotherhood calls on leaders of Islamic countries, their foreign ministers and representatives in the United Nations to reject and condemn this document,” the group said statement. It urged the UN “to rise up to the high morals and principles of family relations prescribed by Islam.”
The growing power of the Brotherhood since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011 has raised concerns Egypt may adopt religiously motivated laws that would curtail freedoms, especially for women and Christians. Persistent protests against Mursi and the Brotherhood have frequently erupted into violence, eroding political stability and hopes of reviving an economy suffering from the flight of tourists and investors.
The primary theme of the commission’s 57th session was the “elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls.”
The Brotherhood described the theme of the conference as “deceptive,” saying it violated Islamic principles. The UN document seeks to destroy the family institution, which Egypt’s constitution confirmed as the basis of society, the group said.
Among the 10 points the Brotherhood said it opposed were resolutions to ensure women’s rights to complain of marital rape; promote equal inheritance rights and equal rights between men and women within the family; and allow Muslim women to marry non-Muslims. It also criticized recommendations to abolish the need for male permission for travel, work or use contraception.
