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Egypt's Mohamed Morsi Sentenced To Death
by John M. Curtis
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May 16, 2015
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Sentenced to death May 15 in an Egyptian Court by Judge Shabaan El-Shamy together with 100 Muslim Brotherhood comrades, Egypt’s 64-year-old U.S. educated -President Mohamed Morsi heard the verdict in a wire cage. Morsi won Egypt’s first democratic election June 24, 2012, hailed by the U.S. State Department as a positive step forward after the Feb. 11, 2011 pro-Democracy coup that toppled Egyptian autocrat Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year reign of power. Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, took office June 30, 2012, promptly anointing himself above Egypt’s Supreme Court, suspending the Egyptian constitution while he consolidated power of the Muslim Brotherhood. Instead of ruling for the Eyptian people that ousted Mubarak, Morsi became the titular leader of Muslim Brotherhood, letting Mohamed Badei impose sharia law Egypt.
Unlike other Arab capitals, Egypt’s long cosmopolitan history wants no part to the new Islamic revolution, imposing religious tyranny on its people. Morsi, already seving a 20-year sentence for inciting violence in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, received a death sentence Friday, May 15 for his involvement in a 2011 prison break, releasing thousands of Muslim Brotherhood prisoners from Egyptian jails. Egypt’s former Defense Minister Under Morsi and former director of military intelligence under Mubarak, el-Sisi warned Morsi of betraying the public of Tahrir Square’s revolution, letting the Muslim Brotherhood take over Egypt. When Morsi suspended the Egyptian Supreme Court, el-Sisi toppled Morsi for betraying the revolution. Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood backers killed two judges, a prosecutor and their driver in the Sinai Peninsula only house after Judge el-Shamy hand Morsi a death sentence.
Blasting Judge Shamy’s death sentence for Morsi, Amnesty International referred to “the deplorable state of the country’s criminal justice system” in Egypt. Amnesty International mentions nothing about the Muslim Brotherhood hijacking of the Egyptian government before el-Sisi ousted Morsi July 3, 2013. “The death penalty has become the favorite tool for the Egyptian authorities to purge the political opposition,” saying nothing about the Muslim Brotherhood’s terrorism in the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip under its Palestinian branch Hamas. Morsi antagonized Hamas and Mahmoud Abbas’s Ramallah-based Palestine Liberation Organization banning Hamas and purging the Gaza border of smuggling tunnels. Amnesty joins the chorus against el-Sisi but has no criticism for how Morsi sold Egypt to the Muslim Brotherhood, betraying the revolution and imposing sharia law.
Amnesty International and other human rights groups rip Morsi’s military dictatorship but say nothing about the rampant Muslim Brotherhood terrorism that’s turned the Sinai Peninsula and parts of the Suez Canal zone into terrorist strongholds. El-Sisi had no choice but to crack down on the Mohamed Badei’s attempt to take over Egypt. It was only after millions of pro-Democracy activists showed up at Tahrir Square to protest Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood take over, did el-Sisi act as military chief to depose Morsi Jul 3, 2013. Saying el-Sisi was “turning back into ancient Egypt,” Turkey’s 60-year-old President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized el-Sisi’s repression. What Erdogan fails to mention is el-Sisi’s overwhelming support from the Egyptian public. Erodogan’s now violates the secular Turskish state established by Mustaf Kamel Ataturk in 1923.
Faced with a final hearing June 2 on his May 15 death sentence, Morsi doesn’t have much time left to appeal. He brought on his own problems doing Badei’s bidding after taking office with great hopes June 30, 2012. Had he shown any of the common sense from his U.S.-education, he wouldn’t be in a cage facing a death sentence. Triggering a terrorist backlash around Egypt since deposed from office, Morsi refuses to see how he wound up in wire cage. Had he taken his cues from the public that toppled Mubarak, he would still be in power today. Handing over Egypt to the Muslim Brotherhood forced el-Sisi’s hand to regain control of the Egyptian government. Erdogan and other human rights groups like to blame el-Sisis but he did nothing other than safeguard the revolution. Atrocities committed by the Muslim Brotherhood and other terrorist groups threaten Egypt’s sovereignty.
Human rights groups and foreign governments should acknowledge el-Sisi’s electoral landslide Jun 4, 2014. Egyptian opinion polls show el-Sisi has approval ratings of 86 percent, shows a decisive Eyptian majority back his presidency. If Amnesty International and other human rights groups had their way, Egypt would be back in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood. Former President George W. Bush proved that his Middle East democracy plan of holding free elections backfired. Holding free elections supervised by the Carter Center in Gaza Jan. 27, 2006 turned the seaside Palestinian enclave over to Hamas. Free elections in Egypt June 24, 2012 handed the government to Muslim Brotherhood. Fixing elections isn’t difficult for well-organized groups like Hamas or the Muslim Brotherhood. Human rights groups and foreign government can’t ignore the will of the people.
About The Author
John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analysing spin in national
and global news. He's editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The
Bullet and Operation Charisma.
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