Denied Entry

Greenberg said the controversy about the Brotherhood, and its ultimate goals, is one of the reasons her organization thought it was so important to have a conference on the subject. Her goal, she said, was to have members of the Brotherhood speaking at the conference rather than simply American or European academics talking about what they think the Brotherhood represents.

“They didn’t want to have his conversation to happen in public,” said Greenberg about the U.S. government officials who prevented Beldawy from coming to the country. “It looks like they are afraid of the words that are going to come out of somebody’s mouth.”

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