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Muslim Brotherhood Activist Calls on Egypt to Rid Itself of Foreign Women's Rights Organizations

Rada 'Abdallah, who ran as a candidate for the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt's 2010 parliamentary elections, called for the country to rid itself of the European and U.S. women's rights organizations that had recently appeared in the Arab countries, chiefly Egypt, where they were striving, she claimed, to take over women's affairs. 'Abdallah said that Arab society was capable of protecting the status of its women without outside help, and that this must be done in accordance with the shari'a.

Source: Ikhwanonline.com, April 17, 2011

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