Police Arrest Suspected Islamic Group Members
EGYPT
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Egyptian police have arrested 34 suspected members of the country’s largest Islamic fundamentalist group, the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, court sources said.
The suspects were arrested Saturday in a private villa on the outskirts of Cairo. They will be detained for 15 days pending investigations, the sources said.
Though illegal, the Muslim Brotherhood is considered Egypt’s largest opposition group and wants to install an Islamic government by constitutional means.
The government says it is a front for extremists who have used violence to try to topple President Hosni Mubarak. The group denies the charge.
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