
Essam el-Erian, vice chairman of Egypt's Freedom And Justice Party, speaks at the Shura Council in Cairo. He created a stir recently when he called on Egyptian Jews living in Israel to return because the Jewish state won't survive. (Associated Press)

Essam el-Erian, vice chairman of Egypt's Freedom And Justice Party, speaks at the Shura Council in Cairo. He created a stir recently when he called on Egyptian Jews living in Israel to return because the Jewish state won't survive. (Associated Press)

Essam el-Erian, vice chairman of the Freedom and Justice party, speaks during a session at the Shura Council building in Cairo on Dec. 26, 2012. The official approval of Egypt's disputed, Islamist-backed constitution the previous day held out little hope of stabilizing the country after two years of turmoil, and Islamist President Mohammed Morsi now may face a more immediate crisis with the economy falling deeper into distress. (Associated Press)

Essam el-Erian, a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader seen speaking in Cairo on Sunday, says his group supports Mohamed ElBaradei as interim ruler in Egypt but won't commit for later. (Associated Press)