How did the Freedom and Justice Party describe its relationship to Islamic principles?

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Founder of the Muslim Brotherood — Muslim Brotherhood Hassan al-Banna, a schoolteacher in Ismailia, Egypt, founded the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 as an attempt to modernize Islamic society.

The Freedom and Justice Party described its relationship to Islamic principles by stating that its policies would be grounded in those principles. Simultaneously, the party maintained that it would be nonconfessional, noting that its membership included both women and Christians.1