I'm deeply political (think I probably used it to fill the religious gap) & am involved in a fair amount of activism about Egypt (& loads of other stuff). It's been a terrible & bizarre couple of years. In fact, it was today 2 years ago that Mubarak resigned & I remember the intense joy & hope & shock I felt that day when I was outside the embassy. Little did I know that we were jumping out of the frying pan & into the fire! It's all so complicated, though.
Have watched the Brotherhood mobilise to take advantage of the power vacuum. To be fair, they were the only ones that were really capable of it because the old regime's neglect of the poor had allowed them to step in, exploit the vacuum & Islamicise Egypt from the bottom up by way of social welfare programmes/education & so on. Am not sure that the majority of their voters & followers are all that religious, I personally think that they are with the Brotherhood for the social promises they have made, rather than deeply held religious identity.
In other words (sorry, I waffle a lot), I don't think many of those who voted for them were doing it because of a religious agenda, but for social & economic reasons, and also because there was no real organised alternative.
Now, that they are in power, they can't keep those empty promises in regards to the economy & so on & they are showing their true colours & their focus has (of course) been about solidifying their power & Islamicising Egypt from the top-down & you'll find that many of the protesters are actually their former supporters who have seen them for what they are, as nothing has been done to ease their social & economic situations.
The protesters aren't just the revolutionaries/progressives/liberals, but many MB members.
Anyway, am very miserable about the situation. I feel very worried. There are A LOT of Salafists & extremists who now have God complexes as they think having a Brotherhood president has proved some kind of divine legitimacy for them. As a woman, am doubly furious, they hate us!
If you're so inclined you can see some of my rants on one of my blogs here:
http://msunderstand.wordpress.com/And if you are interested, there's a protest at the Egyptian Embassy tomorrow, part of an international day of protest at the sexual terrorism that is being directed at the women of Egypt. I'm talking about huge organised gang-rapes of women in Tahrir Square & everywhere else & it being an organised tactic to stop women protesting for their rights. The Shura Council today (of course, so predictable) blamed the women for being out & about & allowing to happen. Cunts, I'd like to set fire to their beards. (excuse my French)
https://www.facebook.com/events/290741387718715/
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