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October 31, 2012
CAIRO – Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday it is committed to enshrining Islamic Shariah law as the main source of a new constitution, seeking to mollify ultraconservative Islamists who accuse the group of not advocating strongly enough for Islamic rule.
Islamic influence in Egypt's governance is the most inflammatory issue following last year's ousting of longtime President Hosni Mubarak. Islamists have swept elections since then, and the Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi is the president — but the Brotherhood faces criticism from even more stringent Islamists as much as from liberals.
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Nov 30, 2012
Mohammed Morsi's recent decree, granting himself sweeping legal authority, including temporary immunity to judicial oversight, has sparked fears that Egypt has replaced one dictator with another.
Some critics have even begun calling him a 21st century pharaoh.
"Certainly the powers that he's asserted for himself are total," Eric Trager, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told CBC News.
Morsi had already asserted full executive authority at the outset of his tenure earlier this year and then used his power to reconvene parliament's constitutional assembly in August, Trager observed.
"And now with the latest, he has not only put himself above any judicial oversight but actually declared the authority to pass any law that would advance the revolution, which is such a vague term that it implies unchecked extensive powers."
"So, is he Egypt's dictator? At the moment, yes, on paper the most powerful Egyptian leader since the pharaoh," said Trager who has extensively studied Morsi and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the once-banned Islamist party that he was a member of.
Trager, like many demonstrators in Tahrir Square these past days, are concerned about Morsi's apparent power grab. But others also fear the country's new constitution will be Islamicized to a point that it might suppress individual liberties.
8 Dec 2012
Hundreds of thousands take to streets in Cairo and cities around Egypt to pressure President Morsi to reverse recent constitutional decree. Ahram Online provided day-long coverage of protests, counter-protests and reactions
Originally posted by Alternative4u
reply to post by darkbake
One major thing that I am confused about is how come no American who can see what Obama is doing to us all have not got shut of him by now? many good leaders have been killed over my life time, yet the worst one anyone in the UK & World is still kicking, very odd that.
Originally posted by 2WitnessesArrived
reply to post by Char-Lee
That was under the old law before Jesus came.
A fool requests an eye for an eye, while the wise learn to forgive.
Originally posted by Wonderer2012
... what we are witnessing is a military force fighting for the PEOPLE of Egypt against TPTB's plan to lead this world into WW3. You see, the Muslim Brotherhood's role in this 'game' is to take over the entire Middle East and North Africa to unite the Arab world against Israel. The Muslim Brotherhood is the proxy army, the final catalyst and tool of the ruling elite to start another world conflict vs the Muslim world. The overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is a small victory for mankind because the people are not playing game, this is a real spanner in the works for the hidden controllers who want the Muslim Brotherhood in power.
Originally posted by Nomad451
reply to post by Wonderer2012
"That thread title may throw you"
Don't make me laugh. This is ATS, we see posts like yours everyday. According to the majority here, WW3 has been postponed continuously for YEARS.
WW3 isn't "imminent". WW3 wasn't "postponed". And if WW3 is going to happen, it's not going to come about in the way everyone here is so certain that it will.
Everyone that spouts WW3 on this site has been wrong and will continue to be wrong.
edit on 19-8-2013 by Nomad451 because: (no reason given)