Concerns Mount as Tensions Rise among Muslim Brotherhood Leaders

Muslim Brotherhood members on trial in Egypt (AFP)
Muslim Brotherhood members on trial in Egypt (AFP)
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Concerns Mount as Tensions Rise among Muslim Brotherhood Leaders

Muslim Brotherhood members on trial in Egypt (AFP)
Muslim Brotherhood members on trial in Egypt (AFP)

Muslim Brotherhood youth are concerned over the organization's future after tensions rose between the leaders living abroad.

Conflicts increased within the organization after the acting General Guide in Egypt, Ibrahim Mounir, decided to dismiss the former Secretary-General Mahmoud Hussein and several other leaders.

Mounir also referred the dismissed leader for investigation.

A researcher in fundamentalist movements in Egypt, Amr Abdel Moneim, said that the recent period had witnessed divisions between Mounir and Hussein's office, referred to as the "old office" and the "new office" of Mohammad Sharaf.

Abdel Moneim told Asharq Al-Awsat that controversy erupted in Turkey's office after Mounir's office dismissed Hussein's office and approved the new elections.

He explained that the administrative office in Turkey is important and receives financial aid of about $1,700,000 per month.

Abdel Moneim suggested that major disagreements erupted within the youth group after the young members abroad broke their silence and accused the leaders of both offices of creating chaos, failing the Shura council, disrupting administrative regulations for organizing, and siding with one group against another.



Biden Says he Does Not Believe There Will be 'All-out war' in Middle East

President Joe Biden walks from Marine One as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, after tours of areas impacted by Hurricane Helene. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
President Joe Biden walks from Marine One as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, after tours of areas impacted by Hurricane Helene. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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Biden Says he Does Not Believe There Will be 'All-out war' in Middle East

President Joe Biden walks from Marine One as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, after tours of areas impacted by Hurricane Helene. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
President Joe Biden walks from Marine One as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, after tours of areas impacted by Hurricane Helene. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

President Joe Biden said on Thursday he did not believe there is going to be an "all-out war" in the Middle East, a region that has been on edge amid Israel's assaults in Gaza and Lebanon and escalation of the US ally's tensions with Iran, Reuters reported.
The president said that such a war can be avoided but more needed to be done to ensure that.
KEY QUOTES
Asked how confident he was that such a war can be averted, he paused and told reporters: "How confident are you it's not going to rain? Look, I don't believe there is going to be an all-out war. I think we can avoid it."
He added: "But there is a lot to do yet, a lot to do yet."
When asked if he would send American troops to help Israel, he responded: "We have already helped Israel. We are going to protect Israel."
WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
Tensions between Iran and Israel have been high as Israel has been weighing options to respond to Tehran's ballistic missile attack on Tuesday, which Iran had carried out in response to Israel's military action in Lebanon.
CONTEXT
The latest bloodshed in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict was triggered by Palestinian Hamas militants' Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200, with about 250 taken as hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Israel's subsequent assault on Hamas-governed Gaza has killed over 41,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health ministry, and displaced nearly Gaza's entire population, caused a hunger crisis and led to genocide allegations that Israel denies.
Israel's recent military action in Lebanon has killed hundreds, wounded thousands and displaced a million. Israel says it is targeting Lebanese Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.