... Muslim Brotherhood may be undermined, it is not defeated.
Before Morsi was deposed, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party called on leaders of forty Islamist... ...
(“Dignity”); and the young Salafis’ faction called Islah (“Egyptian Reformist Party”). The coalition also had representation from the Building... ... and more moderate Islamists from al-Wasat (“Center”).
This alliance of Mohamed Morsi’s opponents, which did not last a day, is rather typical, and had...
Interview with Pyotr Stegny
On July 16th, 2013, the new interim government of Egypt was sworn in. Former President Mohamed Morsi and many leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood are under arrest and awaiting trial. What mistakes have Morsi and his supporters made? In a special interview a RIAC member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation
Pyotr Stegny
shares his insights on ...
Interview with Doctor of History Georgy Mirsky
Interview
In a special RIAC interview IMEMO RAS Principal Research Fellow, Doctor of History,
Georgy Mirsky
shares insights on current developments in Egypt, protest actions and subsequent resignation and detention of Mohammed Morsi. The expert believes that an attempt to oust the Muslim Brotherhood from the political scene would be the worst mistake the Egyptian army and the opposition can now make.
Mr. Mirsky, huge protests erupting in Egypt on June 30 have led to the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi. In your opinion, what was the ...
... Brotherhood
movement, won the largest number of seats (42 percent). Then came the
al-Nour Party
(
Party of Light
), representing the
Salafi
movement. The association of liberal democratic and leftist parties received fewer seats
[1]
. In June 2012, the
Muslim Brotherhood
candidate Mohamed Morsi won Egypt's tough presidential runoff against secular movement candidate Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak.
Early on in his time in office, Morsi forced the leaders of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to resign....
