Sadat also allows comparative freedom of action…
1977 CE
Sadat feels he can use the Islamic fundamentalists to counter the growing influence of the left.
The leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood had been freed in 1974 along with other political prisoners.
They are not allowed to become a legal organization, but they are allowed to operate openly and to publish their magazine, Al Awd (The Return) as long as they do not criticize the regime too sharply.
This policy seems to work until the peace treaty with Israel, at which point the Brotherhood becomes a severe critic of the regime.
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