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El-Haddad: Egypt will not use law to 'impose religion'

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Gehad El-Haddad, an adviser to the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party in Egypt has insisted that religious freedom would be one of the fundamental protected human rights in the country.

He told Stephen Sackur that the law would never be used to impose religion. Egypt was a civil state - not a religious state, he said.

You can watch the full interview on BBC World News on Monday 25 June at 15:30 and 2030 GMT and at 0330 and 0830 GMT on Tuesday 26 June 2012 and on the BBC News Channel at 00:30 and 04:30 BST on Tuesday 26 June 2012.

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