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Army soldiers take their positions in front of protesters who are against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, near the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo July 3, 2013. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)


Opinion: Arab Spring, Islamic Winter, Military Summer

Opinion: Arab Spring, Islamic Winter, Military Summer

Even before it was fully under way, the Arab Spring was seen by some Western analysts as the prelude to an Islamic Winter. The insidious subtext was that Arabs must choose between military dictatorship and despotism in the name of religion. The coup against President...