Many Egyptians believe that the Muslim Brotherhood was behind calls to Egyptians to hold nationwide protests during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), which is now in progress at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh. The Islamists, they say, justified their call by arguing that the planned demonstrations were designed to protest human rights violations and bad economic conditions in Egypt.
Fortunately for the majority of the Egyptians, only a few people heeded the Muslim Brotherhood supporters’ call to take to the streets on November 11. The Islamists, in other words, failed in their latest attempt to instigate unrest and violence in Egypt with the hope of returning to power.
The Muslim Brotherhood regime of former President Mohammed Morsi ended in 2013, when the Egyptian army stepped in to prevent the country from being engulfed in anarchy.
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The current regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is undoubtedly not an ideal model for Western-style democracy and public freedoms. Yet, al-Sisi and many other Egyptians seem to prefer less democracy and freedom of speech to the return of the Islamists to power. Moreover, many Egyptians know that without the tough security measures imposed by the authorities, the Muslim Brotherhood would have succeeded in sowing sedition and re-seizing power.
Read more: Gatestone Institute
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