Egypt’s politics

Uncomfortably polarised

The revolution is over—or is it?

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This is yet another proof that muslim majority countries are incapable of changing. They are doomed lot, stuck in the age of primitiveness.


An leader needs to be put in charge in Egypt. Whether its a temporary leader or the true leader, one needs to be elected so that there will be order. The world needs to come together and accept others believes. No one has to agree with everyone's beliefs, but they should respect them and treat them as equals. As long as the military is in control, violence like this can continue to happen anytime. The country needs stability and a strong leader to ensure it.


A new leader needs to be elected as soon as possible. The people are either going to keep protesting until some change happens or become silent under military pressure. They have a job to do right now and someone needs to really take hold of the situation before some military leader decides to remain in control. I fear the worst for Egypt and this protest was just a very small taste of what could happen.


Egypt needs to find a new leader because now the country is ruling under the military. There are many protestors and the citizens of the country are suffering. The best thing for Egypt to do is to have an election to elect a new leader. The government needs to work together to satisfy their citizens’needs and to stop them from suffering. It is going to be a slow process, but Egypt needs a new type of government system that can solve the country’s problems.


I think that this Christian revolution has probably just begun. When individuals realize that they aren't receiving the same rights as others, they push even harder to gain those rights. I think that is portrayed here through the revolution for Christian rights. It also shows that the leader that has been in jail for 3 years is a Christian. This most likely gives the Christians even more incentive to revolt against the Egyptian government.

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Egypt will never become totally democratic unless those generals give away powers. With a such strong influence over the re-assemble of government, Egyptian generals has now taste the "sweetness" of having powers. Who knows if the newly elected government will be overthrown by the military once the government want to regain power which offend the generals? A country should never let military deal with domestic issues beside protecting the country. It is up to the Egyptian people to make their own political choice.


Egypt seemed to be heading in a positive direction when the leaders of Egypt's army said that they will transfer the political power to the people. However, it is not easy to just hand over power. The people of Egypt are getting impatient. As the Egypt's current government continues to keep backing away from their words, more violence will be present in Egypt. Egypt needs to create a stable government. In order to do this, they need to find a stable and respected leader. However, the process of choosing a leader is not easy. It will take time. Until the people of Egypt and the army come to an agreement of a leader, conflicts and violence will continue to be present in the country.


The recent conflict between the Egyptian military and the Christian protestors involves primarily the societal sector of security. The uprising is an example of this because a religious group of Christians are protesting within the state, causing insecurity throughout the people of the state. The ethnic group opposed to the current structure of the state is showing how the inability to control the situation right, (without violence) is mainly the fault of this interim government. THe state does not have a solid and permanent political structure, and it is leading to more and more problems in Egypt, which will not cease until the military has allowed a true leader to take the stand and turn the country around for the better. The Christian church feels as if the current government is doing nothing to alleviate these conflicts, especially the Islamic militants who originally started the attacks. The societal sector of security for Egypt will continue to decline and become less effective and sturdy unless government with a strong foundation and goals comes around and intervenes soon. The problems between the military and these protestors will soon reach out to impact other sectors of security for the state of Egypt as well.


Of course most of the citizens and conservatives of the country blame the Christian protestors. Over 90% of the country is of Islamic decent and as everyone knows, muslims do not like Christians. I think that this is a travesty and could have been avoided if the military would have acted more responsibly and in a manner that was less impulsive.


I am not surprised by the continued violence and upheaval in Egypt. Unfortunately when I state experiences chaos and rebellion for so long the likelihood of ever regaining stability seems dim. The comparison can also be made to almost any other state that has dealt with social upheaval and a collapse of the ruling body in the succeeding governing system's inability to give up their temporary positions, specifically seen in China. Despite the military's intention to set up elected rule, the potential for corruption is too prevalent for that to be in the near future. The continued chaos even after the removal of Mubarak I feel is a direct result of the diverse cultures that must cooperate with one another to achieve peace. While the internal consequences are of course devastating for the future of Egypt, the global consequences are not to be overlooked. The growing friction between Turkey and Israel will only exacerbate Egyptian unrest as all sides look for support. As the internal culture will suffer from the inability of the government to retain social control, the global ties Egypt has held will also suffer and may be forced to isolate Egypt to prevent the spread of chaos.


Violence seems to be all over Egypt, and this can be seen prominently because of the change in government. When the government changes, during its transition period, there is no telling what the laws still are and who they are under rule to. Egypt should begin to elect a new leader to reinforce stability and rule over the country. Keeping the process slow is only leading to more uprising, protests, and construed violence. It is important to have a head of the government to help enforce the laws of the land and keep order in the country. Many governments of the Middle East are still struggling and trying to find a place of stability. This will be a main focus for this country years to come.


The Egyptian government needs to move forward and try to elect a leader as soon as possible. The military will not give up power until there is another alternative, if at all when the time arises. The citizens in Egypt have no voice at the moment, which they have been fighting for. Revolution will not be over until this happens.


I think that Egypt should just re-elect their new leader before any more violence and acts agains the people occur. Now the supposed problem has shifted to discrimination against the Egyptian Christians who have always lived freely among the other Muslims without any issues. From what I have seen and heard, it appears as though the army simply want to regain power of the state by distracting the people from elections. They want to stabilize the society so it seems as though, military rule is the proper way to rule the state of Egypt rather than Democratic. Egypt is still a country in turmoil and it seems as though not much has been achieved since the resignation of Mubarak to the dismay of the public.


Egypt's military run government is traveling downhill fast. Mistakenly killing a peace group of christians is ridiculous. Basically, if you walk around in Egypt with a group of people resembling a mob whatsoever, watch out because you might get shot. It is also frustrating how the government depicts discriminatory news to the public so no one knows what the real story is.


It seems that there is going to be a long time until Egypt is completely stable. They need to get new leadership elected into office and start the new government. All the propaganda from the government and the fear of the old regiment coming back to take control is not going to help anyone in that region but only create more chaos. They need to get strong elected leadership in there in order to get the country headed in the right direction.


Egypt has had more than enough time to organize an election, but the military is putting this off for some reason. This is making the citizens impatient, and they are getting violent again. This is not what Egypt wanted, and they need to take action to elect a leader fast before the violent gets worse. Egypt has the ability to avoid this problem, but they must act quickly to avoid conflict.


A country without a leader can not be successful. That's not saying that a country with a leader will prosper as many countries in the Middle East have demonstrated but the people need someone who embodies what they believe in. That sounds like the tag line of an election campaign but simply put a country without a leader is just a country divided and will live in controversy and instability.


Egypt has definitely been waiting a little too long to install a legitimate government and because of this Egypt has definitely been witnessing a rise in internal threats to security. The attacks on protesters is just bringing them back to the chaos that started the Arab Spring. People need to start stepping forward so that the country can have a legitimate leader. The stability that the military brought about at the beginning is slipping quickly. The societal is insecurity is on the rise and something needs to be done about it.


The problem between the Coptics and Muslims originates with the issue of nationality. I think that the Coptics, although the minority, feel more entitled to Egypt since they predate the arrival of Islam in Egypt. However, the Muslims feel that since they are the majority, they deserve Egypt more than the Christians; thus, creating conflict. The conflict has always been there between the religious groups, but it has resurfaced as a result of political turmoil. Now both religious peoples feel that the other is betraying their country, and as a result, Egyptian nationalism has become the cause of all trouble.

As uncouth as Bill Mauer (HBO TV) can be, I agree with him that religious beliefs themselves are the problem. They DIVIDE people. They EXCLUDE people; "if you don't belief as we do, you are not one of us." The prophets around whom the religions were founded generally had good universal ideas and say there is One God. Then the arguers and hot-heads come along, insist you need to use the "right words" and symbols, etc., and expound on and interpret those relatively few ideas. Before you know it, the hot-heads are killing people and feeling fully justified in doing so. Governments are necessary in order to take care of things that are best done by common consensus (roads, utilities, use of mineral resources and water, etc.). If they favor one religion over another, they fail as trustees.


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