The battle between Egypt’s military leaders and the ascendant Muslim Brotherhood over the country’s political fate dramatically sharpened when the nation’s constitutional court dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament while upholding the right of an ally of deposed leader Hosni Murbarak, Ahmed Shafiq, to remain on this weekend’s presidential election ballot.
MUBARAK ALLY, AHMED SHAFIQ
LA TIMES The decisions by the Supreme Constitutional Court on Thursday strengthened the army’s hand and tipped the nation into disarray two days before the presidential runoff begins. They are a setback for the Brotherhood, which controlled nearly half of parliament and expected to expand its power if its candidate, Mohamed Morsi, defeated Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister to serve Mubarak, in voting that concludes Sunday.
SO, HOW LARGE WILL THE RIOTS IN CAIRO BE TOMORROW?
The court rulings strike at the core of Egypt’s long, often bloody struggle over what ideology will govern the Arab world’s most populous nation. After enduring years of persecution and arrests, the Brotherhood, the country’s most potent opposition under Mubarak, rose to prominence and closed in on its goal of imposing political Islam with its strong showing in May’s first round of voting. But the nation’s interim rulers — many of them army generals appointed by Mubarak — appear loath to bow to a new era that could compromise their authority.
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CANDIDATE, MOHAMED MURSI, IS NOT A HAPPY CAMPER
Activists characterized the rulings as a maneuver by the military to weaken the Brotherhood ahead of the army’s promise to hand power to a civilian government by July. Some fear that a victory by Shafik, a retired air force general, would cement the military’s grip and upend the demands for democratic change that fueled the uprising last year that brought down Mubarak, Egypt’s autocratic leader for three decades.
“All this equals a complete coup d’etat through which the military council is writing off the most noble stage in the nation’s history,” Mohamed Beltagy, a member of parliament with the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, said on his Facebook page. “This is the Egypt which Shafik and the military council desire.” READ MORE
Some reactions on the street:
Virtually anything is better than Shari’a!!!
I next hope that the generals start a SEVERE crackdown upon the “Muslim Brotherhood”: those fanatics are so extremely DANGEROUS as to need to be liquidated ‘en masse’!!!!
Most regrettably Egypt, like ALL Moslem states, is NOT ready or fit for democracy until Islâm is exterminated from there…
Egyptians, unfortunately are not ready for democracy yet.
Money talks, bullshit walks! The Salafists and the Brotherhood want to basically gut the sole source of income for Egypt which is tourism, and replace it with religious austerity. The military and many economic movers and shakers in Egypt know this. So do many other people who have and want to make money in Egypt. They would be utterly foolish to allow the crusty hardliners to get into power, to deface or destroy the pyramids and other Egyptian antiquities, continue their oppression and persecution of the historic Coptic Christian community, one of the oldest branches of Christianity in the world, and to basically turn the country into an impoverished third world nation.
Well said. I think the entire civilized world should be applauding this move (behind closed doors of course, they will have to offer the usual public “condemnation” of the move) as it may be the only chance of keeping Egypt in the year 2012.
thanks G-d there is some hope of survival for egypt….And, they don t say, but I am sure many regret the oustibg of H.Mubarak…., so welcome Shafik!!!!
the ol asslifter boys of the bro’s in the hood (MB) are Not happy; and you can almost be sure there is going to be more chaos ensuing soon. They’ve been spewing their ISLAMIST crap for weeks now — so this is going to get ugly!
“Oh, Mercy Mursi me…..things aint what they used to be!!….And yes! It WILL get much worse now that Mubarak has been ousted and the Asslifter Brotherhood is seeking to take over…I’m thinking most of the Egyptians will soon be wishing they had Mubarak back in comparison to what they are about to get!!
setback for democracy !!!! , they can’t be serious !!!!!!!
george, apparently ABC News thinks the Muslim Brotherhood = democracy. LOL
Unfortunately, if the majority of Egypt’s voters want the Muslim Brotherhood to run the country, that IS democracy in action.
Actually, if you consider that “democracy” comes from the Ancient Greek “demos kratios” or “the people rule,” it IS a setback for Democracy, as such.
What it may be, if the ANTI-Islamists win out, is a victory for “republicanism” (from the Latin “res publica,” or “thing public”, a system of government in which a code of written laws and/or a constitution determine the roles and privileges of government with a view of delineating and limiting its power over the citizenry).
DS, my main concern is only the Copts there and Israel. The Egyptian Army has very close ties with the Israelis because there have been many IDF officers in Egypt training their Army. Of course, no one is supposed to know about this. Also, the Mubarak guy would be kinder to the Copts.
I know that the Brotherhood guy is going around saying how all minorities/women will be treated equally but we know that will never happen.
you are correct B, it will never happen under the MB ISLAMIST RULE! they want Sharia Law imposed, not to mention spewing their hate for Israel and Jews. Yea, the MB is a tad ticked right now and it’s just starting; thank Oidiot in his help in throwing Mubarak under the bus, just as the MB wanted! Remember too, the MB are Oidiot’s buddies! You know, the ones he invites regularly to the WH to discuss matters! He is as dangerous as the Bro’s in the Hood!
lol lol George, I am astonished that Cristians did NOT understand tl now what they lost from this ‘revolution’,,,and what it would be to live under the islamists…I really don t get it!!!
FOX took note of this:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/14/al-awlaki-used-dozens-email-accounts-to-reach-followers-including-hasan/
So far, all the other news outlets I’ve checked ignored it. Wonder if they will continue to dhimmi-dhimmi all the way through the filthy raghead psycho murderer Nidal Hasan’s trial. Mustn’t mention the “Soldier of Allah”‘s faaaaaaaaaaaaith, ya know…
An independent judiciary provides the greatest hope that Egypt will attain true democracy.
The MB will triumph in time. A fig leaf to show egypt is going the right way. Are there arabs in egypt? are there muslims in egypt? What more do we need to know?? On a personal level I don’t give a hoot who wins they are all going to rip each other off-it’s the arab muslim way. There will never be peace just pieces of people blown up.
tony, don’t forget, Mubarak had banned the Brotherhood and had jailed many of its members. The Army was on his side so I believe they don’t want the brothers in control any more than he did.
AMEN….
amen amen AMEN
It is always good to have a good riot, where the muslims end up killing each other. Nothing new here except the age old BS where the west gets involved which only makes matters worse. Riots and murders is a good muslim control of the pests called muslims and this is what will take and thankfully take place if we do not get involved.
Let’s not get our hopes up. The Muslim Brotherhood have already declared a Jihad against the military leader. I wouldn’t be surprised if he turned up dead in a few days. Then we’ll see the communists at NBC tell us of how “The cry for democracy in Egypt has destroyed another brutal dictator. All hail the Muslim Brotherhood.”
The best we can hope for is total chaos in Egypt and a safe flight to Israel for the Christian population. Let the radicals and the military kill each other, just like in Syria. Politically, we benefit from their instability. Plus, it will highlight Obama’s hypocrisy on “human rights” with regards to his inaction, as the death toll climbs. Anything that will enhance the president’s image of ineptitude among the majority of Americans must be encouraged.
A safe flight to Israel by the Copts could only be with Israel as a conduit to a friendly Christian country, somewhat like role Peoples China played for Chinese-Vietnamese that were ethnically clensed from Vietnam. China did not have the resources to care for 200,000 refugees so she gave them transit to Hong Kong. This could be a plus for the US. Several million muslim hating ethnic arabs. Probably willing to continue the fight here.
LK, there are about 5 million Copts in Egypt, nearly the entire population of Israel. But we could certainly handle them here if we stop bringing in all muslims and start kicking a lot out.
sorry to correct you BNI…the Christians are 15 millions…NOT 5…, but I am afraid at least 90% of them…would refuse to cross to Israel…:(…so…
15 MILLION? Thanks for the correction.
Like they may have a choice?
But I have heard that the Copts are more fanatically antisemitic the the mohammedans?
HF, I’ve heard that too. But you have to consider where they live. Palestinian Christians who have lived among Israelis far prefer living under Israeli rule than Palestinian, for the most part.
Huck, this is a lie. Where is your evidence. You just cant make accusations without saying where you got it from.
Anyhow the army is still in control it has the final vito or so the Deutche Welle news has just reported with interviews.
Holy Cow, if the Copts are more antisemitic than Islam, they sure are quiet about it.
“Huck, this is a lie. Where is your evidence.”
Why didn’t YOU check? Google “Copts antisemitism” and you get 500,000 hits. This is the second, because it’s more recent:
http://seismic-shock.com/2010/06/20/anti-semitism-and-the-coptic-orthodox-church/
If it’s wrong, you can point to other opinions. If it’s right, it might be because it’s politically correct for them to be like that, or because they believe that the Jews crucified Christ, not the Romans. One remark says that ‘the Blood Libel’ is included in their writings.
Hobson’s Choice: Military dictatorship with on-going jihad or Islamic dictatorship with on-going sharia.
May I live enough to see the Muslim Brothelhood blow up and its atoms be carried away by the wind just like the grains of sand in the desert. How poetic!
The last events in Egypt surprised me great deal. Egypt proved that “We the People” is a very strong slogan with amazing results.
I still doubt the future in Egypt. The reason is that evil was allowed to spread to be a giant.
As I said before, the Copts will be the true victims. BUT, they prvailed for over 1400 years and I believe they will continue to prevail.
The major danger is in the USA. The fanatic Muslim obama is a master of deception. The “We the people”, which was originated in America is miserably weak.
(DELETED) Sorry, but I will not post anything from lunatic Debbie Schlussel on this blog.–BNI
The military has the right to preserve a nation’s constitutional order if it is being threatened by populist means. The Egyptian Army should take the example of ‘Black September’ and ‘dissolve’ the brotherhood and salafists as well. The rest of the world cannot allow the suez canal to fall under the control of islamic supremacists, and the United States and Israel have considerable strategic interest in Egypt.
China is building a railway from Haifa to Eilat. Their answer to a Suez canal under shady ownership.
Shafiq at least supports a secular Egypt, which is why Copts are voting for him and are being harassed for doing so.
A third of brotherhood seats in parliament were declared illegal, they knowingly contested seats reserved for independents.
wish America wouold stand up and dissolve our islamic administration
don’t TRUST muslims…..EVER! ANYWHERE!
This is only the beginning. Sharia will get in but the time is not right. The world has to accept the mohommedist on a non radical basis, so it will come later. You know the camel’s nose under the tent!
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/01/italy-copts-of-milano-rally-turns-against-israel-supporters.html
SAD BUT TRUE……….
WIPE EM ALL OUT! This disgusting muslim brotherhood needs to be eradicated immediately!