CAIRO
By Islam Mosaad
A jailed Muslim Brotherhood leader said all political players had made mistakes, urging all to correct these mistakes and unit to retain the course of the 2011 revolution.
"Everybody made mistakes. This is the time to return to the right track, without trading blame," Mohamed al-Beltagi wrote in a message to his family, a copy of which was obtained by Anadolu Agency.
"We urge everybody to correct their mistakes to achieve the objectives of the revolution," he added.
A university professor by profession, al-Beltagi was arrested in late August and placed in southern Cairo's maximum-security Al-Aqrab prison.
In late December, al-Beltagi vowed to maintain a hunger strike until Egyptian authorities stop taking "vengeful" measures against him.
"We will get over mistakes and break the coup," al-Beltagi wrote, in reference to the army's ouster of elected president Mohamed Morsi in July.
"This will be done through the unity of those who call for justice, freedom, dignity and revenge on oppressors," he added.
Morsi supporters have been staging protests on almost a daily basis since the army unseated elected president.
Al-Beltagi's family members say they received the message during a prison visit to him on Saturday.
Prison authorities have recently attempted to prevent direct contact between Muslim Brotherhood prisoners and visiting family members, obliging them to see one another through thick glass dividers.
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