Islamist Mursi briefly made history as Egypt’s first democratically elected president 0 SHARES Share it! After decades of repression under Egyptian autocrats, the Muslim Brotherhood won election after a popular uprising toppled Mubarak in 2011, eventually propelling Mursi to power in 2012. In power, Mursi made the cardinal mistake in Egyptian politics; he antagonized the military. The army chief that Mursi appointed because he was known as a religious man, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, eventually turned on him. A severe security crackdown followed, leaving Mursi’s Brotherhood, Egypt’s oldest political movement, in disarray.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 18, 2019 00:45 UTC