Dr. Mohamed Beltagy, member of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)’s Executive Bureau, said: „God be my witness, history will record that we never attacked anyone, but were attacked in every possible way… our leaders and youths were killed, our offices – and even our homes – stormed, ransacked, burned and totally destroyed – not to mention the insults and obscenities we had to suffer.

„We never did any injustice, but have been injusticed… as the results of Egypt’s first credible elections and repeated referenda were rejected. We never mounted no coup, but a coup against us is mounted, as electoral and constitutional legitimacy is rejected, a certain viewpoint is imposed on all, and guardianship is enforced over the people against their clearly expressed will.“