The previous upsurges which changed the earlier regimes in Egypt were directed against the rulers for two reasons – being autocratic and non-performing. The Mohammed Morsi govt was deposed by the army for some other reasons. The crowds being unruly in front of the Republican Club, where Morsi is under house arrest, consists of the supporters of the Islamic brotherhood. The firing from the police and army is resulting in daily casualties. Meanwhile, at the instance of the army, a moderate cleric named Hassan Rowhani has been tipped to replace the present president incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Aug 3. However, the orthodox Islamists are not satisfied and the violence goes on unabated.
After just a week of the army staged drama, the political analysts have started going into the real reasons for this sudden development. According to them and rightly so, there is nothing like a civil war. As a matter of fact, what is happening, is a pure and simple communal riot. The supporters of the Islamic Brotherhood who are demographically in majority, were trying to subdue the minorities. In the present disturbances four religious groups are involved. They are the majority Sunnis, liberal Sunnis, Shias and Christians. The first segment consists of the supporters of Morsi. They had vandalized Christian churches and killed six Shias. On the other hand the liberal Sunnis, who are by and large of democratic bend of mind, are not feeling happy about what is going on. All these developments are complicating the isuue so much that Egypt does not appear heading for internal harmony and peace.
On a similarl earlier blog, a visitor, in her comment had hinted about the international forces aggravating the situation there. The Sunnis are vocal and violent because they complain that a democratically elected govt was forcibly uprooted. On the other hand, others charge that Morsi’s activities were militating against democratic norms. He succeeded in a free election and so should have worked for srtrenthening democracy. Iran, Iraq and Syria, having Shia population are not feeling happy. The anti-Christian activities of the Islamic Brotherhood activists are causing concern not only in the West but Israel as well. America has asked the Egyptian army to restore democracy soon. England, Germany, Qatar and a few other countries have also expressed the same view. The world is eagerly watching and waiting for the developments there.
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