Search: Egypt,Muslim Brotherhood (10 materials)

How Egypt Has Changed 10 Years Since the Arab Spring

... overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Vasily Kuznetsov: The Arab World: Between Violence and Consensus The Muslim Brotherhood was the most organized and influential opposition force in Egypt. The political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Freedom and Justice Party, won the elections to the Egyptian parliament. During the presidential campaign, Mohammed Morsi proposed the adoption of a constitution based on Sharia law. Then, after becoming president, he made several ...

25.01.2021

The Deepening Crisis in Turkey-Egypt Relations

... the country. Since then, full-fledged diplomatic relations between the states are yet to be restored and currently exist at the level of chargé d'affaires. Turkey accuses the Egyptian leadership of establishing a totalitarian regime in Egypt, while Egypt blames Turkey for supporting the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization. In addition, the two have vastly different approaches to solving problems in Sudan, the Eastern Mediterranean, Syria and Libya. A Military Coup in Sudan Ivan Bocharov: Turkey’s Role in the Libyan Conflict On ...

13.10.2020

March to Tripoli, or a Third Civil War in Libya: Initial Results

... turned into a battlefield and Faultline between two antagonistic camps of the Islamic world. Heading up the first of these camps are Turkey and Qatar, which continue to rely on forces that adhere to the ideology of political Islam, are close to the Muslim Brotherhood and support the Government of National Accord. The second camp, led by Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia (the “troika”), has practically elevated the fight with the Muslim Brotherhood to an ideology. The “troika” is prepared to rely on any forces in order to eradicate the Muslim Brotherhood, be it ...

13.06.2019

Qatar Crisis is 'the First Real Failure' of US Policy in Middle East

... and Saudi Arabia to those efforts, because the current guarantors of the Syrian settlement [Russia, Iran and Turkey] may need help in the long-term." On June 5, a number of countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and embargoed all sea, air and land traffic to the country, accusing Doha of supporting terrorist groups, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist movement, as well as of interfering in other countries' domestic affairs. Several other states in the region reduced diplomatic relations with the country. The Qatari Foreign Ministry rejected the accusations of Doha's interference ...

23.06.2017

Egyptian Revolution: New Problems Instead of Democracy

... independent MP, declared that “the election of Abdel-Al was a ‎big mistake because he is an old guard figure who ‎represents an extension of the autocratic politics of the ‎former NDP.” After a brief period of the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood power in Egypt is again in the hands of the old elite. The elite has not been renewed by recruiting new leaders who came into prominence during the course of the revolution. Moreover, instead of integration of counter elites they are being alienated. It would ...

12.02.2016

Three Years after the Revolution: Mubarak’s Regime Reconstructed

... activities, and return Egypt to its state before the revolution. The restoration of Mubarak-era institutions, while still without a solution for dealing with the Muslim Brotherhood movement, threatens to push the country towards a new round of violence. Egypt’s transitional government made one serious blunder, declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation, which then led to increased protests. This will remain for a long time one of the destabilising factors in the country. In June 2013, a majority of Egyptians expressed their dissatisfaction with the policies ...

24.02.2014

Morsi’s Downfall

... “starting April 1, 2013, the authorities introduced rationing for petrol with 80, 90, and 92 octane ratings. However, subsidized petrol is only available for economy cars, and everybody else has to pay market prices. The current developments in Egypt prove the Muslim Brotherhood’s incompetence in the social and economic spheres, and the failure of the ‘Islam is the solution’ slogan”. The Muslim Brotherhood, which effectively ruled the country through the Freedom and Justice Party, and ...

22.08.2013

Egypt: the Postmodern Coup

... time were in power, they have prevented the country's slide into civil war. The military arrested Morsi and a number of Muslim Brotherhood leaders, suspended the Constitution, dissolved the legislature, and banned the broadcast of Qatari Al-Jazeera in Egypt, which backed the Muslim Brotherhood. Of course, the military's actions were supported by the heads of the Muslim and Christian denominations, as well as by representatives of various opposition groups, including the second largest Islamist party An-Nur (the Salafis). ...

31.07.2013

Dialogue with Muslim Brotherhood Should Be Continued

... playing for time and not rendering Morsi any support. In your opinion, is there a division in society between those who support M. Morsi and the opposition? How strong are the contradictions between the two “blocks”? thenation.com The main Muslim Brotherhood leader is Mohammed Badie Many people in Egypt (about 50%) are afraid of a clerical theocratic state. Note that in the elections just a year ago, Morsi received only 1.5 percent more than his rival Shafiq. In other words, half of the Egyptian population is for him, and the other half is against ...

10.07.2013

Egypt’s “Brotherly” Constitution

... the citizens expressing popular will. The separation of powers is guaranteed by the provision that the House of Representatives cannot be dissolved while a state of emergency is in place. Constitution and International Relations The coming to power in Egypt of the Muslim Brotherhood fits with a general trend of Islamization in countries of the Middle East. This process involves states which have long been regarded as secular and applied Positive law similar to regulations in European countries such as urkey, Tunisia,...

26.02.2013

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