Mohammed Habib Quotations

The others have refused due to personal problems that have to do with home, children, breast-feeding or husbands.

This proves that Islamic groups are supported by the people and that we can take big steps if we get the opportunity.

Maybe after the president wins elections, as we're sure he will, the freedoms that we've seen for the Brotherhood over the last year will be taken away.

If the elections had taken place in a good way, like the first stage, 35 of those would have won.

I think the US diplomat is facing a 'mission impossible', or almost impossible, because Washington has systematically violated all international principles and rights.

That would create a kind of equilibrium between the two sides -- the Arab and Islamic side on one side and Israel on the other.

We do need to make a distinction between Western-style democracy and the kind of democracy we believe in.

The problem is not that the security forces are out of control; they only follow orders from the state. It's the state that wants to show it's still strong and intimidating and holding the reins. Any political movement that gains momentum, that thinks it can change anything, is crushed.

The government and the regime want to send a message to us ... that there is nothing new and that all the promises it made for political reform must be forgotten.

There is no serious intention towards political reform and what we are now seeing ... is evidence of the lack of any desire for political reform.

We won 34 seats and we could have won even more had there not been wrongdoing.

Some were taken from their homes, some from the street.

Of course we can't say we are happy ... There were clear violations. There was vote buying and box swapping.

The monitoring, following, hassling is always there. We just try not to pay attention.

They (the United States) deal with democracy selectively. If democracy produces the people they want, they will agree and if the opposite, they will not accept.

They use (the law) to silence and oppress the opposition. If they had wanted to end the state of emergency and to present an alternative draft law, they could have done that.

The result confirms in an unquestionable way that the Egyptian people stand behind the Brotherhood.

The authorities have got the ballot boxes ready with the votes inside and they are deciding whether it would look better internationally if Mubarak wins with 75 per cent or 80 per cent of the vote.

The NDP wanted to delay the elections to gather themselves. The make-up of the local councils in the current situation ... makes the candidate of the NDP the only player in presidential elections.

The NDP wanted to delay the elections to gather themselves.

The NDP (National Democratic Party) wanted to delay the elections to gather themselves. The make-up of the local councils in the current situation makes the candidate of the NDP the only player in presidential elections.

The detentions will continue today, tomorrow and the day after.

America's way of dealing with everyone as an emperor needs someone who pushes back and limits, even a little bit, America's arrogance.

The make-up of the local councils in the current situation... makes the candidate of the NDP the only player in presidential elections.