Egypt considers dissolving Muslim Brotherhood

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50. Neither was the Moslem Brotherhood.

I have read over and over again that the Moslem Brotherhood was going to impose its version of religion on Egypt. Now, that is true to a degree, Egypt being a Sunni country, all Islamic Mosques's Imans are picked by the President of Egypt, thus Mursi was going to replace any Iman who retired or died with his appointees, just like the Egyptian Military did when they ruled Egypt.

The problem is that is TRADITIONAL POWER OF THE RULER OF A SUNNI MOSLEM STATE. No one else can do it. Thus saying Mursi and the Moslem Brotherhood was going to "Take over the Religion of Egypt" would be the same as "Obama will take over the Justice Department when he becomes President" It is a RIGHT inherent in being the leader of a Sunni Moslem State, as is Egypt.

Under Coptic Rules, the President of Egypt also gets to select the leader of the Coptic Church, as the leaders of Egypt has done since the days of Constantine. When Persian took Egypt around 600 AD, Persia picked the leader of the Coptic Church. When Egypt was returned to Rule by the Eastern Roman Empire, the Emperor of Constantinople had the rights, and when Egypt was lost to the Arab Conquest, that right reverted to the Moslem Rulers of Egypt.

This was the claim that the Moslem Brotherhood was going to take over the Various religions of Egypt, for that has been the power of the ruler of Egypt since Constantine (and some indication Roman Emperors had appointed the Pagan Priests of the old Egyptian Religion, thus you can claim naming the religious leader so Egypt goes back to the days of the Pharaohs.

Sorry, such control over the leaders of the Religions of Egypt is a traditional power of the Leader of Egypt, and one of the power the Military wanted to retain.

Furthermore, since 1948, following Gandhi's lead in India, the Moslem Brotherhood has denounced violence. Thus how can you "FORCE" someone, when you refuse to use "Force"? This can be seen is the various protests against the coup, it is the ARMY and POLICE that revert to Violence NOT the protesters.

Lets be honest, what the Military feared was Mursi and the Brotherhood were planning to cut out the benefits of being a General, i.e. the right to be independent of Civilian Control, even to spending money (and diverting that money to their own pockets). Every power Mursi claimed, so do the present leaders of Egypt. The issue is NOT those powers, but WHO can use them against WHOM. The Generals do NOT want them to be used against THEM. The poor of Egypt wants the Moslem Brotherhood to use those powers AGAINST THE MILITARY HIERARCHY. Thus the Coup and the suppression of the Moslem Brotherhood.