What is happening to Egypt !?

[abhiken]

Ok here I will explain what happened:
Majority of People wanted the president to quit but some didn't but that's not important right now but like I said majority wanted him to quit, I don't know the exact number but I think it was near around 500,000 protested....they were either followers of morsi or aganist him so the military stepped in and gave a 48 hour ultimatum for the president to meet the people's demand...basically like a last chance to quit....BUT he didn't so the military went in overthrew the president basically a coup d'état...like I said earlier the president did have some followers so they started to riot even more and this is when things got ugly where 120 were believed to be killed with 1000 injured not saying that earlier protects didn't have casualties.....in the earlier protest only 7 reportedly died with 600 wounded....

this says it all.everything is happening because their president has been accused of murder and some other charges..
The country is pretty much unstable now.

 

[Itachi2020]

i would have never said it better , BUT the people who wanted him to leave not 500,000 they are 30 million citizen

the 500,000 created a campaign called (revolt) and they started to collect permissions from the people who want the president to quit and then they collected more than 30 million permission signed by people who want the president to quit but the president didn't quit because he claimed his followers are more than the people in the campaign ( revolt ) and now his followers are trying to prove that they are more and that the army is hunting them down and that's not true

This is exactly what I believe, so you just need to postpone your visit to Egypt to next year, I am sure it would be in much better condition by this time.

 

[Aim64C]

you can't visit the pyramids in Dubai and Dubai is too boring ( just a punch of malls and restaurants you can visit in any country )

It depends upon where you go in the UAE.

And while this is going to sound a little harsh, it kind of puts things into perspective: The only real reason to go to Egypt is to see the ruins of an empire that has been gone for something like three millennia. It's kind of telling that, in 3,000 years - there's not come along a better reason to visit.

Though I get the feeling that, in another 50 years, America is going to be saying something along the lines of: "Let's go to Detroit and see the old Factory. I wonder how they managed to build it..."

I, also, wouldn't be so confident that your country is going to have itself straightened out in a year.

A number of the problems that led to the -first- revolution-like ordeal have not been resolved (though the government can really only make the problem worse by trying to fix it...) - which, as I understand, are key reasons behind the dissent for this guy.

Which means in another year - it's going to be the same story. The positions of power are likely going to be a revolving door for the next decade or two.

Of course... there again - America is sprinting straight for a civil war... so things should get pretty interesting in a few years.

 

[EnDash]

i wouldn't go there right now because there are two groups using violent protesting and an army that tries to maintain stability often by shooting protesters. also many protesters are very wary of foreigners and there were cases of foreginers being tortured or raped.

i suggest you talk to (if you can, i'm not sure it's possible) the US embassy in egypt and ask them if you should go. right now they would probably say don't do it but if things calm down in some time maybe they will tell you that it's ok.

 

[Naijakid]

Nigeria will be good for your vacation

 

[SasukeTheViper EMS]

Hmm...

So... because it was the will of the people to overthrow this guy - such a vast number of them -really- wanted him out of office.... they are now celebrating their mutual accomplishment by killing each other?

Egypt has been one giant cluster fudge.

The majority of the people wanted to put an end to the regime of the Muslim Brotherhood, but the Muslim Brotherhood obviously has people who support them; those people would do just about anything to have the power they had in the previous regime. Which is why they are using the help of the Palastinian group of terrorists known as, 'Hamas,' to create chaos in order to force themselves back into the picture.

 

[Aim64C]

The majority of the people wanted to put an end to the regime of the Muslim Brotherhood, but the Muslim Brotherhood obviously has people who support them; those people would do just about anything to have the power they had in the previous regime. Which is why they are using the help of the Palastinian group of terrorists known as, 'Hamas,' to create chaos in order to force themselves back into the picture.

It's difficult to tell who really has the majority, to be honest, or how the concept will play out in the long run.

Take Vietnam, for example.

South Vietnam rejected the idea of communism and the West had popular support for some time by the people to protect their way of life.

But as the war drew on, and more and more of the people they once considered family began to kill and be killed in the argument - the less people supported the war. This provided avenues for groups like the VC to recruit people who felt the West was getting involved in matters that did not belong to it - and even people who, at the start, were in support of remaining separate from North Vietnam became violently opposed to the war and the continuing of the fight.

The question isn't 'who do you get to sign a piece of paper?'

In the end - it boils down to 'who is willing to stick it out longer and kill more people to get their way?'

That question is very difficult to answer without actually putting it to the test. Though the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas have demonstrated quite resilient in this regard. Which is why I'm skeptical.

Though, to be fair - the military/police do seem to be one of the more sane groups involved. I just have my doubts about the commitment of the Egyptian people.

 

[H a n]

Try somewhere a bit safer. o.o

 

[Nous]

I. What is happening in Egypt?

If you want a detailed answer, first spoiler tag is for you. For a quick summary, read the second one.

Spoiler

When it comes to Politics or Revolution or the Middle East and issues arising from something that stems from the listed, things generally become more and more complicated. The Egyptian Situation is no different and in fact, not many people understand what's going on. I would say, most Egyptians don't even know what's going. I, from my research and watching the news etc. believe I have grasped the gist of what is going on right now. It is quite knotty, so you're going to have a long read. I will try to keep it as short and not-boring as possible.

In Egypt, there are four large power players. The Old-Agers which are basically members of the Nasaar Government which was the government prior to Mubarak establishing control. The Nasaar Government was basically a puppet-government, who did whatever the British Empire ordered them to do. Next we have the Muslim Brotherhood who are a group of people who desire Islam and the Qur'an to be the dominant "way of life" and "reference-point" in the Arab World. After that we have the Egyptian Military which is basically a mini-government and the protestors that we see on television who are basically all young people who are upset with the government and want to replace the Egypt now with a more Liberal, Democratic one. They're basically activists.

So basically, the activists for obvious reason didn't like Mubarak, as he was a Military Dictator and did some questionable things and all that not-so fun stuff. Mubarak framed the Muslim Brotherhood as an Illegal Group and a lot of members were jailed and killed and all that mean stuff so the Muslim Brotherhood didn't like them either.

As I said before the Egyptian Military is quite the odd one as they have lease over like 30-49% of Egypt's Land where they like build factories and stuff like that. Mubarak had a son who was educated in Europe who came back and wanted to completely reform the way the military works in Egypt, so basically rob all the land that they owned the military is getting mad. So Mubarak ticked off the Activists, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian Military. When the Internet started getting bigger and bigger and the curtain of censorship was harder for Mubarak to keep down, led to a very big awakening for the Egyptians and the number of activists flew through the roof and they started protesting. Mubarak was sad and told the military to stop em and they were like..

No.

So Mubarak ran away because he's too chicken to face his crimes and like a million young, angry people so he's gone. Now, we have the Islamists [Muslim Brotherhood] who want to form a government and then do a constitution while the activists want it the other way around. The military, who is being pressured by the presence of the world, particularly the United States, Russia and China watching want to establish a government fast and not a military dictatorship as they saw what happens to countries with a lot of oil who aren't democratic and manage to tick of the United States..

They side with the MB and the activists are all hurt because the Military are supposed to have a Sacred Relationship with the people. Anyways, Morsi, and Islamist gets elected and everyone is happy and cheering and excited. Little did they know of this guys true nature. He basically makes a constitution which people were skeptical about but accepted but then he started acting outside the law and started doing stupid things and being a bad leader so people got mad. So the activists signed this petition so that on June 30 they'd take to the street to stop Morsi. So then they have 10 Million people on the street and Morsi is like, do something military, do something!!!

The military is like wtf do we do against 10 Million people. So they re-establish their sacred bond of sorts and the Egyptian Military participates in a coup. Now people are all excited and the Western World is like what in the world just happened and people are angry but happy at the same time. Some people want Morsi back but then others are like noo! Not that weirdo again so now Egypt lost its leader and has Adly Mansour who is an Independant as acting President until things get back together.

It's quite chaotic in Egypt right now.

Spoiler

An Egyptian coup d'état happened this year after the government that succeeded Mubarak's failed to meet the people's expectations. Now there is chaos over who should be in power and if the coup was legal or right and whatever.

II. Is it safe to go to Egypt?

Depends, there are times where it's complete chaos while other times, there is peace. I would recommend not going simply because they lack a legitimate government at the moment and a lot of people are mad and breaking stuff and stuff like that.
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