MB not representing all Egyptian Muslims

An Iranian expert in regional affairs believes that the failure of the Muslim Brotherhood party never translates into the failure of the huge potential of the Egyptian people that overthrow the dictator Hosni Mubarak.

Sayyed Hadi Sayyed Afghahi said the Brotherhood party never represents the entire Egyptian community and rather it is an Islamist group within the community.

He said the party is estimated to have maximum three million members while the Egyptian community is 90 million. The ousted president Muhammad "Mursi only garnered five million votes. Were all those voters members of the party? Never," he said.

The expert said many of those voters were normal people and villagers who have pinned hope in the party's plans for future of the country.

The expert noted that the Brotherhood is not the sole Muslim party in Egypt's political scene. "Salafi groups, moderate Muslim parties, al-Azhar, Sufists and Shias too have taken part in the Islamic awakening movement," the expert said, adding that the failure of the MB party in establishing an Islamic government never means that the potential of Egyptian Muslim has failed.

The expert then questioned the MB's policy of keeping exchanges with Israel while severing ties with Syria and showing reluctance over Iran relations. "The policy shows that the party had ulterior motives and that it was playing in the court of Israel and America, either intentionally or unintendedly," he said.