Mohammed Morsi
How Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Turkey’s Gulenists fell from power to persecution
By Ahmet T. Kuru — August 20, 2019
(The Conversation) — In both countries, homegrown Islamic movements have struggled to survive in authoritarian regimes that exert strong control over religious practice.
Egypt TV says ousted president Morsi dies in court
By Samy Magdy — June 17, 2019
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's former president, Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who rose to office in the country's first free elections in 2012 and was ousted a year later by the military, collapsed in court during a trial and died Monday.
REVIEW: ‘The Square’ sheds light on Egypt’s religious and political divisions
By Monique El-Faizy — February 10, 2014
(RNS) On the third anniversary of Mubarak’s ouster, which falls on Tuesday (Feb. 11), Egypt is more polarized than ever. "The Square" is a reminder of what Egyptians share, regardless of religious or political beliefs.
ANALYSIS: Persecuted Coptic Christians still hopeful
By Monique El-Faizy — September 5, 2013
(RNS) Christians in the West are often quick to claim persecution, while their counterparts in Egypt, whose churches are being burned by the dozens, are lately shying away from the term.
Political Islam on the defensive across the Middle East
By Oren Dorell — August 20, 2013
(RNS) The conflict between secularists and Islamists is generating a new religious dialogue about the role of religion in politics, as political leaders in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan side with the Egyptian military and secularists.
COMMENTARY: Learning to love complexity
By Tom Ehrich — July 8, 2013
(RNS) In the modern global connectedness, our future depends on making our way through a minefield of things we don't understand and can't reduce to crime-drama simplicity.
Poll says Muslim Brotherhood has soured Americans on Egypt
By Omar Sacirbey — April 12, 2013
(RNS) A new poll shows that the Islamic political party known as the Muslim Brotherhood has soured American attitudes towards Egypt, arguably America’s most important Arab ally, since its candidate Mohamed Morsi won presidential elections there in June 2012.
What Obama should say to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
By Omar Sacirbey — September 20, 2012
(RNS) President Obama and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi have a lot to talk about, Muslim-Americans say, from Islamophobia and human rights for religious minorities to Islamic extremism and cooperation. By Omar Sacirbey.
Muslims petition Egypt not to include Shariah
By Omar Sacirbey — August 7, 2012
(RNS) Muslim and Coptic Christian leaders in the U.S. are calling on the Egyptian government to keep any mentions of Shariah law out of its draft constitution, as well as any language that discriminates against religious minorities. By Omar Sacirbey.
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