The Execution of Mohammad Morsi will have wide ranging domestic and international ramifications and going ahead with it could make a martyr of a man President Al-Sisi would rather forget.
The coup d état in July 2013 in which General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi overthrew Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, has seen a systematic reversion to authoritarian rule. There has been a motivated and sustained crackdown on political opposition, with Muslim Brotherhood membership being re-criminalized, and many Morsi supporters arrested. Not only has the Muslim Brotherhood been suppressed once again, but there is also the possibility that the former dictator, President Hosni …read more
Making a Martyr of Morsi?
