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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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By David D. Kirkpatrick & Mayy E Sheikh, New York Times, March 25/26, 2013
CAIRO — The public prosecutor on Monday ordered the arrest of five anti-Islamist political activists on charges of using social media to incite violence against the Muslim Brotherhood. The order stirred accusations of a vendetta by the group’s close ally, President Mohamed Morsi.
Egyptians are already on guard against the possibility that their first freely elected president may seek to become a new autocrat, and some said they feared that the arrest warrants might be the first clear example that Mr. Morsi’s government was using law enforcement as a political tool to punish his critics.
A search of the online comments by several defendants found no messages urging others to violence. Some, in fact, argued strongly against it.
But the arrests arose out of an attack by anti-Islamist activists on the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters in Cairo on Friday night [....]
Also see:
Rise in Sexual Assaults in Egypt Sets Off Clash Over Blame
By Mayy El Sheik & David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times, March 25/26, 2013
Women have begun turning to the news media to tell their stories as conservative lawmakers use their political platforms to criticize victims of rape.
Comments
Figured this analysis I just read in the Jerusalem Post should go here. Not many options for Morsi, economy in tatters, and a lack of any real political alternatives, which then of course points to the Egyptian military as the default. I don't know the writer of the analysis, Zvi Mazel, but it's pretty comprehensive and pretty grim.
by Bruce Levine on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 1:59am