In Egypt who is against who?
I don’t understand what is going on.
Here’s how I think I understand it.
So the Islamic president was booted out. The military for the people took over. And now the Islamic ex presidents supporters are protesting (essentially at war) with the military power?
Can you explain this in simple terms?
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You just did.
I think Egypt needs a new Pharao and a resurgence of the old Egyptian religion with their various Gods.
Here is my simple take….
With the previous semi dictatorial president, Mubarak, Egypt was kind of a secular society with a moderate Islamic majority that recognized the roughly 10% Christians and Jewish population. Islamic extremists wanting hardline Islamic rules caused trouble for decades. (usual bombs and disruptions) and suffered crackdowns. To make peace they agreed to hold elections and follow the will of the people.
Mursi was a candidate who seemed to be a secular/moderate Islamist but understood the Muslim Brotherhood. He was elected by a slim majority.of 51 or 52%
But shortly after the election he dissolved cabinet and put in Muslim Brotherhood supporters. He did many other things to show he was (or strongly supported) Islamic hardliners. So….. The majority of the people (Christian, secular, moderate Islamics) want him out. The military wants him out. The people feel they were duped.
The hard line Islamics are arguing that they agreed they would have peace if they worked through the system. They held elections and their guy won. (although the majority did not know he was really their guy). The majority says they were duped and want him out. So the protests and arguing and bombs start again.
Once again religious zealots, and power hungry extremists are destroying a country and throwing the moderate, reasonable citizens into the meat grinder.
”....And go round and round and round in the circle game.”
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There are secularists on the one side and Islamists on the other. They had a chance to work together in a democracy but they seem to have blown it big time. The army which is heavily funded by the USA seems to favour the secularists.It isn’t civil war but it is getting close.
@_Whitetigress Bad though things are in Egypt it is not as bad as Syria which is in a state of civil war.
Fascists (MB, Al-Nour) against secularists. And the military siding with the secularists.
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