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The War within Islam

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Divides

by Alaa al-Din Arafat

The tradition of compromise continued after Mubarak’s fall in February 2011, when the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) took power. Like the Brotherhood, the SCAF was ambiguous in the revolutionary period: Both institutions are antidemocratic and forces of the past. However, the compromise did not last and could develop into a confrontation. In November 2011 the Brothers rejected a constitution drafted by Ali al-Salmi, then deputy prime minister, which would have given the army immunity in the future. They also refused to give the generals a major political role in the constitutional arrangement. Under popular pressure, the Brothers demanded a proper trial for Mubarak, while the SCAF favoured a “sentence” which would have concealed the actions of many members from public scrutiny.

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