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Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a protest near the University of Cairo, Giza, Egypt, Friday, July 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Egypt’s Salafists divide over Mursi ouster

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 6, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—One day after the removal of Egypt’s first democratically-elected president Mohamed Mursi, the Al-Dawa Al-Salafiya (Salafist Call) organization called on Islamist supporters of the deposed president to leave Egypt’s squares and streets and...

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A supporter of ousted Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi cries during a protest near the University of Cairo, Giza, Egypt, Friday, July 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Opinion: The return of the Muslim Brotherhood’s “secret apparatus?”

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jul 6, 2013 | Opinion

Let’s leave the discussion of what happened in Egypt against president Mohammed Mursi for another time. With regards to what happened, who was with, or against, democracy? In fact, what is real democracy? Democracy is not a tool to be used by any one party; rather, it...

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upporters of the ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi gather next the headquarters of the Republican Guard, in Cairo, Egypt, 05 July 2013. (EPA/Mohammed Saber)

Pro-Mursi protesters killed as interim president dissolves Shura Council

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 5, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least three people have been reported killed in Cairo today as Egyptian soldiers opened fire on pro-Mursi supporters. The clashes occurred on the same that Egypt’s interim president Adly Masnour ordered the dissolution of Egypt’s...

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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

by Amir Taheri | Jul 5, 2013 | Opinion

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...

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In this Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul, right, and Egyptian President Muhammed Morsi shake hands before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey. Source: AP Photo/File

International opinion divided over toppling of Mursi

by Mahmud El Shafey | Jul 5, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The downfall of Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi at the hands of millions of protestors and the country’s armed forces has provoked mixed reactions abroad. Within the Arab world, the monarchs of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two...