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Rifts in the Muslim Brotherhood Seen Amid Growing Anarchy in Egypt
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Zvi Mazel - The economic, social, and political situation in Egypt is getting worse. Due to the security situation, civilians are buying weapons and hiring militias to protect themselves. When the demonstrators held a second Friday of Anger across Egypt on May 27 in order to pressure the Military Council to enact reforms, the Muslim Brotherhood announced that it would not take part. But to their great surprise, the young guard of their movement decided to participate, against the will of the supreme leader, in the first sign of a rift within the Muslim Brotherhood. It seems like the new, revolutionary Egypt will experience many years of confrontations before a new, democratic regime will evolve, based on freedom of speech, human rights, liberation of women, and religious tolerance towards the Copts. The writer, a Fellow of the Jerusalem Center, served as Israel's Ambassador to Egypt and Sweden.