Envoy: Ikhwan al-Muslimun's fall not considered as failure of political islam

Head of Egypt's Interests Section in Iran Khalid Amareh underlined the Egyptian people's ancient urge for religion, specially Islam, and stressing that Ikhwan al-Muslimun's defeat shouldn’t be assumed as the failure of political Islam. "Ikhwan al-Muslimun's defeat does not mean the failure of political Islam and this is completely rejected," Amareh said in a press conference in Tehran on Wednesday. "The Egyptian people have enjoyed religious thinking since thousands of years ago and religious identity has played a fundamental role in the development of the Egyptian nation and history," he added. Egypt plunged into violence after the country’s army ousted President Mohammad Mursi, a senior leader of Ikhwan al-Muslimun party, suspended the constitution, and dissolved the parliament on July 3. The military overthrow followed days of mass protests against Mursi. The army also declared chief justice of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour, as interim president. Later in July, the Egyptian Prosecutor General ordered the arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leaders, including the supreme leader of the group, Mohammed Badie, on charges of inciting violence. Many people have been killed in violent clashes involving supporters and opponents of Mursi and security forces in the last few weeks.