For first time, Egyptian military academy begins to accept Islamist students
Egyptian military academy director Maj.-Gen Esmat Murad revealed that students affiliated with Islamist political factions have been accepted into the academy, according to a report on Wednesday in the London-based daily Asharq al-Awsat. This includes Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s nephew.
Murad told a press conference on Tuesday that the academy’s graduating class includes 109 members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
“They may be the sons of the Muslim Brotherhood leadership. I will not reject a qualified student because his father is a member of the Brotherhood,” he said adding that “there is a difference between investigating if a prospective student has a criminal record and investigating a family to the fourth degree. If we exclude the children of the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafists, Christians or jihadists, then we will not be able to accept any of the children of Egypt because we are all part of the national fabric,” according to Asharq al-Awsat.
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BigGator5 on March 21, 2013 at 3:38 PM
Good thing we’re sending the F-16′s and tanks their way.
antipc on March 21, 2013 at 3:40 PM
Emulating the U.S. again.
Xavier on March 21, 2013 at 3:54 PM
250 million that could have gone a long way here.
RovesChins on March 21, 2013 at 3:54 PM
On the issue of rop type. Guess who has come along to their way of thinking?
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letget on March 21, 2013 at 4:07 PM
We need 250 million $ worth of demolishing old buildings, some of it right here in my city. And I say that as an amateur urban explorer. The big blue cities are 1000x worse.
MelonCollie on March 21, 2013 at 4:21 PM
Progress, Obama style. He owns it.
Schadenfreude on March 21, 2013 at 4:47 PM
This has happened already in Turkey. It will happen in every Muslim paradise. They see how pathetic, stupid and now, weak the west appears to be. Now is the time for them to foolishly make their moves.
BL@KBIRD on March 21, 2013 at 4:59 PM