Political situation in Egypt is of concern not just for Egypt but whole Middle East and rest of the Muslim countries also. Most of the liberals in Western media argue that it is turning point for Political Islam and exposes the weaknesses and inability of the Political Islam to govern-and was a good thing what happened it Egypt. Others argue that Army intervention further strengthens the Islamists, who will argue that Democracy, Liberals and West cannot be trusted-they accept the results only if liberals win as is evident in Egypt, in Ageria in 1969 and Hamas’s victory in Gaza. Unfortunately Turkey could be next.The West and Liberals do everything in their power to undermine democratically elected Islamists-a self-defeating proposition. Saudi Arabia and UAE just announced total aid of about six billion dollars to Egypt. They did not offer aid while Morsi was president.These regimes do not like Democracy for their own survival. Miss Sara Carr, an Egyptian blogger, writes wisely;” The Muslim Brotherhood should have been left to fail as they had not (yet) committed an act justifying Morsi’s removal by the military. The price Egypt has paid and will pay for the consequences of this decision are too high.” ( F. Sheikh )
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Before I begin, let me state some facts, so that when people begin the ad hominem attacks they can try to rein them in within the following boundaries:
I voted for Mohamed Morsi in the second round of the presidential elections (to keep Ahmed Shafiq out).
I am one of the administrators of a blog called “MB in English” that features English translations of awful statements of a sectarian, conspiratorial or bonkers nature that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) intends for domestic consumption only.
I am against army intervention in politics.
I state all this because Egyptian politics and society in general are currently split along identity lines in a way that they have never been over the last three years. This problem is so chronic that the merits or flaws of an argument are almost entirely determined by who is making the argument, considered through a haze of fury and suspicion.
For the past week, I have been trundling between the pro- and anti-Morsi protests. It is like traveling between two planets. The pro-camp has significantly more men than woman — although there are women and children there — and it lacks the social diversity of the anti-camp. I have never seen one unveiled woman who is not a journalist there. I have never met a Christian or encountered any other journalist who has met one there (it is important to note that pro-Morsi protesters and pro-Morsi media have often claimed that there are Christians attending their sit-in). At the same time, they also allege that the church was behind the former Mubarak regime-US-Zionist plot to oust Morsi.
The point is that the pro-Morsi crowd is largely homogenous. Their opponents use this homogeneity as evidence that the MB is, at best, an organization that has failed to market itself to non-supporters; and, at worst, a closed group unconcerned with non-members.
While the MB’s opposition might be correct in this assertion, many go one step further. They suggest that Morsi supporters are all members of the Muslim Brotherhood, and all unthinking androids programmed by the Supreme Guide. The popular derogatory term for them is khirfan (sheep). The aim here is to dehumanize and deny agency, much in the same way the Muslim Brotherhood dismiss their opponents as kuffar (infidels) or feloul (Mubarak regime beneficiaries or loyalists).Click Link to read full article;