The Fall of the Muslim Brotherhood: Implications for Egypt

The Muslim Brotherhood and its Quest for Hegemony in Egypt

“…978 In the new parliament the opposition best represented were the Wafd Party, with a mere six deputies, and the al-Tagammu Party, with five deputies and only one independent Muslim Brother made it into parliament. 987 Protests were also propelled as the possible succession of Mubarak by his son drew closer (presidential elections were to be held in 2011) and as police violence rose to new heights in the quest to contain the growing discontent. As the state successively moved against the group on the material level, the Brotherhood fought back on the material level, as it maintained and even sought to increase its foothold in civil society and parliament.…”

“…As the state successively moved against the group on the material level, the Brotherhood fought back on the material level, as it maintained and even sought to increase its foothold in civil society and parliament. 989 An ex-MB stressed that it was especially this conflation of domestic and regional grievances that lent the protest movement its specific emotionality and perseverance. Most of all, it gave the Brothers the opportunity to embarrass the regime by relentlessly attacking it over corruption and other scandals and making use of parliamentary interpellations to hold senior officials to account.…”

“…1051 Thus, the group also had a generally positive stance towards Iran who supported these groups. 1054 Further, the Brotherhood contended that these acts were deemed illegitimate by the following three sources: the teachings of Islam, international law and the will of the people. 1052 While the actors of the "axis of resistance" (e.g.…”

News Sites and Fake News in the Egyptian Political Transformation 2013–2014: Aljazeera.net case study

“…In April 2013, a movement called "Tamarod" ("Rebellion" in Arabic) launched a major campaign to obtain Egyptian signatures calling for the resignation of President Morsi and for early presidential elections. By June 29, 22,134,465 signatures had been collected calling for the end of the Morsi regime and a mass protest was called to confirm the signatures (Monier and Ranko, 2013). As a result, the Defense Minister, Abdel Fatah el-Sisi, announced on July 3 that the Egyptian Army had ousted Morsi, that early presidential elections would be held and that a roadmap had been established to complete the country's constitutional institutions.…”

“…Revolution in a way that did not involve the state media (Monier and Ranko, 2013;Rashdan, 2015). The online platforms have enabled people to express their views openly.…”