Egypt’s New President (Rebloggable by Request)

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anonymous asked:  should we be worried that the new egyptian president is supported by the muslim brotherhood

Why?  Because it has the word “Muslim” in their title?

Egypt’s President-elect, Mohamed Morsi, spent quite a bit of his life in California.  He is a graduate of USC and CSU-Northridge.  Half of his kids are U.S. citizens who were born in California.  He’s, from what we are told, the democratically-elected President of Egypt.  If we’re going to call for the democratic process, we must respect the democratic process.

The Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda are two very different entities with very different purposes.  The Muslim Brotherhood is an Islamist group, but not a violent one.  They call for peaceful, democratic elections in all Islamic countries, which is not what al-Qaeda fights for.

President Morsi will struggle to control the levers of state. He will likely face foot-dragging and perhaps outright attempts to undermine his initiatives from key institutions. Faced with such resistance, frustration may tempt him fall into the trap of attempting to throw his new weight around. This would be a mistake. His challenge is to lead a bitterly divided, fearful, and angry population toward a peaceful democratic outcome, without becoming a reviled scapegoat for continued military rule.
European Council on Foreign Relations Senior Policy Fellow Elijah Zarwan • Analyzing the challenges Mohamed Morsi will face in leading Egypt in the coming months and years. Morsi won the election on Sunday, with 52 percent of the vote. (via shortformblog)

(via shortformblog)