Morsi was first elected to parliament in 2000 . He served as a Member of Parliament from 2000 to 2005 , officially as an independent candidate because the Brotherhood was technically barred from running candidates for office under President Hosni Mubarak . He was a member of the Guidance Office of the Muslim Brotherhood until the founding of the Freedom and Justice Party in 2011 , at which point he was elected by the MB 's Guidance Office to be the first president of the new party . While serving in this capacity in 2010 , Morsi stated that " the two-state solution is nothing but a delusion concocted by the brutal usurper of the Palestinian lands . " Morsi condemned the September 11 attacks as " horrific crime against innocent civilians " . However , he accused the United States of using the 9/11 attacks as a pretext for invading Afghanistan and Iraq , and claimed that the U.S. had not provided " evidence " that the attackers were Muslims . He also stated that the aircraft collision alone did not bring down the World Trade Center , suggesting something " happened from the inside . " Such views are held by most Egyptians , including Egyptian liberals . His comments drew criticism in the United States
September 11 attacks
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Mohamed Morsi