What Next for Muslim Brotherhood? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Bassem Sabry

Bassem Sabry

Jul 16, 2013

A supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi throws stones at riot police during clashes in the Ramsis square area in central Cairo July 15, 2013. Egyptian police and protesters clashed in central Cairo early on Tuesday after fights broke out between supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and locals angered when they tried to block major thoroughfares crossing the River Nile. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX11NYQ — A supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi throws stones at riot police during clashes in the Ramsis square area in central Cairo, July 15, 2013. — REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans against the military and the interior ministry as they make the "Rabaa" or "four" gesture, in reference to the police clearing of Rabaa al-Adawiya protest camp on August 14, during a protest march towards El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo August 30, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX131HT

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Protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi kneel on an Egyptian flag during evening prayer at a protest against Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood in front of the El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 1, 2013. Egypt's armed forces handed Mursi a virtual ultimatum to share power on Monday, giving feuding politicians 48 hours to compromise or have the army impose its own road map for the country. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX119H3

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Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi walk during an anti-army rally that started from their sit-in area around Raba' al-Adawya mosque, east of Cairo, July 30, 2013. Europe's top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, shuttled between Egypt's rulers and the Muslim Brotherhood on Monday in a mission to pull the country back from more bloodshed, but both sides were unyielding after 80 Islamist supporters were gunned down. The posters read, "Yes to legitimacy , No to coup". REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT -

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