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Twenty bearded youth sit in the courtyard of a mosque in Gaza City after worshippers depart from afternoon prayers. They meet every week in a small, self-directed prayer circle to recite the Quran in succession.
When the Quranic recitation session draws to a close, the young man heading the gathering begins to speak about the political situation in Egypt, deposed president Mohammed Morsi’s ouster and its impact on the global Islamist movement. He sketched out at length all the obstacles that had been put in Morsi’s path, bringing Egypt to the point where, he said, “The coup would almost seem as if it were in accordance with the popular will.”
