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A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi (portrait) holds pictures of the former Islamist leader and shout slogans during a demonstration in the coastal city of Alexandria on July 19, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / STR.)

Egypt: Senior Salafist defends Mursi’s ouster

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jul 21, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sheikh Yasser El-Burhami, the vice president of the Al-Dawa Al-Salafiya (Salafist Call) organization urged Salafist leaders and the members of the guidance bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood to step down to defend national interest. Burhami’s call...

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Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi during a protest near the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, 12 July 2013. (EPA/Mohammed Saber)

Opinion: Egypt, a typical Arab case

by Bakir Oweida | Jul 13, 2013 | Opinion

A democrat sides with a member of the military to topple an elected president. A liberal lines up with the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood who wants to ikhwanizethe society. Well, what is the problem? In normal circumstances nobody is supposed to object or...

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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...