It is interesting to read articles about what happened years and years ago in the Middle East, which actions take us up to modern days such as the Brotherhood fighting it out in Egypt at this very time.
Was Muslim Brotherhood behind King Farouks ouster?
Last updated: Saturday, February 01, 2014 12:27 AM
Paul Crompton
ON July 26, 1952, Egypts King Farouk abdicated the throne and was exiled from his country, traveling to Naples. The ex-kings belief that the Muslim Brotherhood were behind his sudden overthrow is revealed through a copy of the Farouks long-forgotten memoirs obtained by Al Arabiya News.
As the dust settled on the coup détat by the Free Officers movement which forced Farouk and his family into exile, the Officers were busy trying to hasten in a new era in Egypts history.
In the first few months of 1953, they disbanded all political parties, issued a decree disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood, who as a prominent Free Officer and then-President Anwar Sadat wrote in his memoirs, published in 1978 had the obvious intention of overthrowing us and taking over the rule of Egypt.
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Was Muslim Brotherhood behind King Farouks ouster?
Last updated: Saturday, February 01, 2014 12:27 AM
Paul Crompton
ON July 26, 1952, Egypts King Farouk abdicated the throne and was exiled from his country, traveling to Naples. The ex-kings belief that the Muslim Brotherhood were behind his sudden overthrow is revealed through a copy of the Farouks long-forgotten memoirs obtained by Al Arabiya News.
As the dust settled on the coup détat by the Free Officers movement which forced Farouk and his family into exile, the Officers were busy trying to hasten in a new era in Egypts history.
In the first few months of 1953, they disbanded all political parties, issued a decree disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood, who as a prominent Free Officer and then-President Anwar Sadat wrote in his memoirs, published in 1978 had the obvious intention of overthrowing us and taking over the rule of Egypt.
Continue reading at:
Saudi Gazette - Was Muslim Brotherhood behind King Farouk?s ouster?
