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During its decades as an underground Islamist movement,the Muslim Brotherhood has long preached that Islam required women to obey their husbands in all matters.
A woman needs to be confined within a framework that is controlled by the man of the house, Osama Yehia Abu Salama,a Brotherhood family expert,said of the groups general approach,speaking in a recent seminar for women becoming marriage counsellors. Even if a wife were beaten by her husband, he advised,Show her how she had a role in what happened to her.
Now,with a leader of the Brotherhoods political arm in Egypts palace,liberals fear the potential consequences of the groups rise to power.
In an interview Thursday,Pakinam El-Sharkawy,Morsis political adviser,emphasized that the Brotherhood does not speak for the president; he has resigned from the Brotherhood but remains a member of its political party. The government,she said,is working with all its powers and policies to stop all forms of violence against women.
