The trial of Egypt’s deposed president Mohammed Morsi was postponed today until next month. Morsi is charged with inciting the murder of demonstrators back in 2012. And the government recently branded his party, the Muslim Brotherhood, a terrorist organization. In Egypt, politics and religion have long been intertwined.
As the U.S. struggles to find a way forward in Egypt, the country’s conflict has become a proxy war for competing ideologies in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have pledged $12 billion to Egypt’s interim, military-backed government. On Monday, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal also promised to fill a […]
One year later, Egyptians are done with President Mohamed Morsi, elected after protests that first brought an end to the rule of Hosni Mubarak also convinced the military to quicken its handover of power. But now it’s the military that is stepping back in after Egyptians complained about what they call a sham democracy.