Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood and Political Power
Tahrir Square in Cairo August 23, 2013. (Photo: Reuters) Press review – selected extracts A bloody struggle is going on between the Egypt’s generals and the Muslim Brotherhood for the control of the Arab world’s most populous nation but also a strategic country straddling Asia and Africa that operates one of the world’s major trade arteries, the Suez Canal, and which is only one of two Arab countries to have a signed peace treaty with Israel. A powerful political force After the recent ouster of President Mohamed Morsi in a military takeover, the Muslim Brotherhood faces a decision about whether or not it wants to continue to engage in Egypt's fractious political process. Though removed from political power, “the Muslim Brotherhood remains perhaps Egypt's most powerful political force”, said Jeffrey Martini , a RAND Middle East analyst. “There is such severe political polarization and the Muslim Brotherhood isn't going away, so it's hard to see dom...