Egypt keeping ban on Muslim Brotherhood despite electoral gains News
Egypt keeping ban on Muslim Brotherhood despite electoral gains

[JURIST] The Egyptian government does not plan to allow the Muslim Brotherhood [Wikipedia backgrounder] to become a legal political party even though it has so far won 76 of 444 seats by running candidates as independents in the three-phase Egyptian parliamentary elections, according to President Hosni Mubarak’s adviser Osama el-Baz on Tuesday. On Monday the government arrested about 200 Brotherhood members [JURIST report] in eight provinces in advance of a new round of elections scheduled for Thursday. Defending the ban, el-Baz said “We do not want to mix religion with politics,” referring to the Brotherhood's religious orientation and goal of incorporating Islamic law into secular legislation. He also cited a concern for the country’s nine million Christians, although the Brotherhood has said it does not want to exclude them. Aljazeera has more.

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UN Security Council called for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied in Six Days' War

On November 22, 1967, the UN Security Council called for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied during the Six Days' War, and for respect of the right of all States in the area to "live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries." Read Resolution 242, which remains a cornerstone of efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.

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On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Later that day, Vice-President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States. Earl Warren, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was later tasked with leading a commission to investigate the assassination. President Johnson received the final report of the Warren Commission on September 24, 1964. Read the Warren Commission Report.