2. 2012 Egyptian presidential campaign After Khairat El-Shater
was disqualified from the 2012 presidential election, Morsi, who
was initially nominated as a backup candidate, emerged as the new
Muslim Brotherhood candidate.[36] first round of Egypt's first
post-Mubarak presidential elections Morsi got 25.5 % vote Nov. 28,
2011 Feb 15, 2012 Egypt holds weeks-long parliamentary elections.
In the lower house, the Muslim Brotherhood wins nearly half the
seats, and Salafis take another quarter. On 24 June 2012, Morsi was
announced as the winner of the election with 51.73 % of the
vote
3. Post Elections On 10 July 2012, Morsi reinstated the
Islamist- dominated parliament that was disbanded by the Supreme
Constitutional Court of Egypt on 14 June 2012 On 12 August 2012,
Morsi asked Mohamad Hussein Tantawi, head of the country's armed
forces, and Sami Hafez Anan, the Army chief of staff, to
resign
4. Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2012 Dec 15, Dec 22 In
the two-round referendum, Egyptians approve the constitution, with
63.8 %voting in favour.
5. Cleaning of Mubarak top aides Morsi fired two more high-rank
security officials on 16 August 2012: intelligence chief Murad
Muwafi and the commander of his presidential guards.[64] On 27
August 2012, Morsi named 21 advisers and aides that included three
women and two Christians and a large number of Islamist-leaning
figures.[65] He also appointed new governors to the 27 regions of
the country.
6. Morsi continues On 22 November 2012, Morsi issued a
declaration to protect the work of the Constituent Assembly
drafting the new constitution from judicial interference. In
effect, this declaration immunises his actions from any legal
challenge. On 8 December 2012, Morsi annulled his decree which had
expanded his presidential authority and removed judicial review of
his decrees,
7. Western conspiracy On 30 June 2013, massive demonstrations
were held across Egypt calling for President Morsi's resignation
from office.[92] Concurrently his supporters held demonstrations
elsewhere in Cairo.[93] On 1 July, the Egyptian Armed Forces issued
a 48-hour ultimatum which gave the country's political parties
until 3 July to meet the demands of the Egyptian people. The
Egyptian military also threatened to intervene if the dispute was
not resolved by then.[94] Four Ministers also resigned on the same
day, including tourism minister Hisham Zazou, communication and IT
minister Atef Helmi, state minister for legal and parliamentary
affairs Hatem Bagato and state minister for environmental affairs
Khaled Abdel Aal,[95] leaving the government with members of the
Muslim Brotherhood only.
8. Military coup On 2 July, President Morsi publicly rejected
the Egyptian Army's 48-hour ultimatum and vowed to pursue his own
plans for national reconciliation and resolving the political
crisis.[96] On 3 July at 21:00 (GMT+2), Abdul Fatah al-Sisi
announced a road map for the future, stating that Morsi was removed
and that the head of the Constitutional Court had been appointed
the Interim President of Egypt.[97]
9. 33 Million people against Morsi?? The area of Tahrir Square
is 53,000 square metres. Adding adjoining areas the total area that
contained the demonstrators was 86,000 square metres. Assuming
number of people which can be squeezed into one square meter is
four, it means that the maximum capacity of Tahrir Square and its
environs on 30 June was 344,000 demonstrators. Google's regional
director, Wael Fakharani, issued a statement affirming that "all
statistics attributed to Google, either regarding June 30th rallies
or the protesters who support the
10. Media restrictions and violence against journalists Four
television channels[84] deemed to have been supporting Morsi were
taken off the air by police forces after the military
statement.[85] Misr 25, a channel owned by the Muslim Brotherhood,
Al Hafez and Al Nas channels were shut down as well. Al Jazeera's
Mubasher Misr, was also taken off the air, its offices raided and
its employees detained
11. Only a handful of countries support the military coup
Nigeria's rejection of Adli Mansour's delegation The number of
countries that reject the military intervention is much larger than
the number of those that support it, which is limited to America
and its allies. The African Union (consisting of 54 countries)
announced from its headquarters in Addis Ababa, that it has
suspended Egypt's membership in protest against the coup. Ernest
Bai Kormoba, the President of Sierra Leone condemned the military
coup in Egypt The Islamist leader of the Sudanese opposition Hassan
al-Turabi condemned the isolation of Mohammad Morsi and deemed what
happened in Egypt "a coup against democracy and legitimacy.
Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki also announced Tunisia's
rejection of the coup in Egypt, Turkey agreed with Tunisia in its
rejection of the coup and does not recognize the new regime as
legitimate. In addition to Iran's rejection of the Military coup,
Brazil also announced its refusal to recognize the illegal regime
Germany considers the coup in Egypt to be a 'democratic failure'
and encouraged
12. Role of public institutions Ben HubbardDavid D.
Kirkspatrick Coup
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16. US funded military coup Despite the fact that American
president Barack Obama has said the US did not take sides during
the recent coup against the elected president in Egypt, US federal
government documents proves that the White House funded many
prominent Egyptian activist who have worked outspokenly to
undermine the democratic experience. The documents, Aljazeera said,
were obtained by the Investigative Reporting Program at UC
Berkeley. They show that the US channelled funding through a State
Department programme to Egyptian activists and the institutions
they run. However, the US knows that its funds go to anti-democracy
activities. The programme is known by US officials as a "democracy
assistance" initiative. It is part of the Obama administration's
effort to try to stop the retreat of pro-Washington secularists.
They work to win back influence in Arab Spring countries after
17. Funds received from the US to Egyptian activists One of the
activists bankrolled is the exiled colonel in the Egyptian police,
Omar Afifi Solaiman, who served in Egypt's elite investigative
police unit, notorious for human rights abuses. He began receiving
US funds in 2008 for at least four years that Esraa Abdel-Fatah,
the 34-year old Egyptian woman who sprang to notoriety during the
country's pitched battle over the new constitution in December
2012. She exhorted activists to lay siege to mosques and drag from
pulpits all Muslim preachers and religious figures who supported
the country's proposed constitution, just before it went to a
public referendum. Abdel-Fatah's organisation got a $75,000 grant
in 2011. Michael Meunier is a frequent guest on TV channels that
opposed Morsi. Head of the Al- Haya Party received USAID in 2011
granted his Cairo-based organisation $873,355. Since 2009, it has
taken in $1.3 million from the US agency. Meunier helped rally the
country's five million minority Coptic Christian Orthodox who
oppose Morsi's Islamist agenda to take to the streets against the
president on June 30. Reform and Development Party member Mohammed
Essmat al-Sadat received US financial support through his Sadat
Association for Social Development. Sadat, who was a member of the
main body that called for the toppling of the democratically
elected president, collected $84,445. an Egyptian-American
politician who opposed Morsi. Ibrahim's organisation also got a lot
of fund from the US. - See more at:
http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/americas/6554-us-documents-show-that-
washington-funded-military-coup-in-egypt#sthash.ps9X4OEg.dpuf
18. - Tammarrud did not even know it was me, I am not ashamed
of it. (
19. Role of Arab Rulers Kuwait pledged $4 billion in cash,
loans and fuel, with Saudi Arabia offering a total of $5 billion
and the UAE $3 billion. The DEBKA piece claims that Saudi Arabia
and the UAE offered money to the military, rather than to
protesters (as the US is accused of doing), and that they offered
to make up the shortfall if the US cut military aid these states
have a long-standing relationship with the Egyptian military, and
are not displeased that Morsi has fallen. It is arguable that they
see some political gain - or at least, the elimination of a threat
in the removal of the Muslim Brotherhood government.
20. Zionist Plan Israeli ambassador calls Al-Sisi a "national
hero for all Jews Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu
ordered his ministers not to make any statements regarding the coup
The restoration of the strategic partnership that existed between
"Israel" and overthrown President Mubarak's regime enhance the axis
of "moderation" in the Arab world conflict between the supporters
and opposition, & sectarian polarisation between Sunnis and
Shiites, will lower the priority of the Arab-Israeli conflict "coup
against Morsi will contribute to preventing "Hamas" from
aggravating "Israel" in the future improved the Jordanian regime's
ability to face calls for reform that may reduce its ability to
continue its strategic cooperation with "Israel military rule in
Egypt will contribute to restore America's position in the
region
21. 1700 Saudi intellectuals sign pro- Morsi statement of
support More than 1,700 Saudi intellectuals have issued a statement
of support for pro-Morsi protesters who are calling for the return
of Egypt's "stolen constitutional legitimacy". The statement also
expressed appreciation for the peaceful protests in the face of
army provocation Among the signatories on the statement are Dr Saud
Abdullah al-Fansyan, Dr Khalid al-Ujaimi, Dr Mohsen al-Awaji, Dr
Awad al-Qarni, Dr Sanhat al- Otaibi, Dr Ahmed bin-Said, Dr
Abdul-Rahman al- Tamami and Dr Said al-Ghamedi.
22. Tunnel destruction aggravates dire Gaza living conditions
Several days before the military coup in Egypt, the army started to
demolish the tunnels under the border with the Gaza Strip on the
pretext of protecting national security Basic commodities in Gaza
have started to disappear from the market, including oil, cement
and steel. Prices have increased by two or three times, See more
at: http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/6591-tunnel-
destruction-aggravates-dire-gaza-living-conditions
23. Charges against JIB The Jamaat stood against the
independence of Bangladesh and opposed the break-up of Pakistan. It
collaborated with the Pakistani Army in its operations against
Bengali nationalists, intellectuals and minority Hindus. Many of
its leaders and activists participated in paramilitary forces[5]
that were implicated in war crimes, such as mass murder, especially
of Hindus, rape and forced conversions of Hindus to
Islam.[6][7][8][9] Jamaat-e-Islami members led the formation of the
Shanti Committee, and the Razakar and Al-Badr paramilitary
forces.
24. WAR CRIMES ENQUIRY On December 16, 1971 Bangladesh was
liberated. Surrender of 95000 Pakistani soldiers took place. The
post-liberation government headed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ordered
an investigation to identify war criminals. The terms of reference
of that investigation included identification of members of
Pakistani armed forces and organised bands assisting them in the
perpetration of war-crimes. It is through that enquiry that 195
persons were identified as war criminals.
25. Judgement against JIB Leaders Ghulam Azam, 1971 chief of
the erstwhile East Pakistan unit of the party; Current chief Matiur
Rahman Nizami, Deputy Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, secretary general Ali
Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid; assistant secretary generals Muhammaad
Kamaruzzaman and Abdul Quader Molla; media doyen Mir Kashem Ali,
who heads the pro- Jamaat Diganta Media Corporation; Miah Golam
Parwar;[43] and Abul Kalam Azad (Bachchu), an Islamic cleric
formerly associated with the party.[42]
26. Concerns for process Brad Adams, director of the Asia
branch of Human Rights Watch, said in November 2012: "The trials
against the alleged war criminals are deeply problematic, riddled
with questions about the independence and impartiality of the
judges and fairness of the process.[93] In its November 2012
report, Human Rights Watch found that "glaring violations of fair
trial standards" became apparent during the course of 2012 In
January 2013, Brad Adams of Human Rights Watch (HRW) noted concern
about Shukho Ranjan Bali, who had first appeared as a witness for
the prosecution in the Delwar Hossain Sayeedi case. The defence
said he was due to give additional evidence in their favour on 5
November 2012. That day Bali was stopped before entering the
courthouse by several police officers; witnesses said he was taken
away in a white police van, and his family has not heard from him
since. HRW criticised the Bangladeshi government for not working to
find him and for its lack of adequate response to allegations
criticising the tribunal. The attorney general rejected the
abduction claim as a fabrication by the defence to bring the
tribunal into disrepute.[59] In May 2013, Bali was found in an
Indian prison, and he alleged state abduction and that officials
told him that both he and Sayeedi would be killed.[95] In March
2013, the Economist made criticisms of the tribunal, mentioning
government interference, restrictions on public discussion, not
enough time allocated for the defense, the kidnapping of a defense
witness and the judge resigning due to controversy over his
27. Prof Ghulam Azam clarification
28. Lessons for Muslim Ummah Change Mechanism Is it Democracy??
Getting updated about current world scenarios Media role
Transforming lies into truth Social media Alternate source Gradual
change models Internal fighting among ummah - opportunism Focus on
priorities Importance of discipline and steadfastness Lets Pray for
the victims