Mohamed Morsi, the first democratically elected President of Egypt was ousted by a military coup on 3rd of July, 2013 painted as a reaction of the Army after witnessing that there was a second Tahrir "spring" involving protesters against Morsi's rule on various grounds and demanding his resignation.
I will not analyze the whole pre & post coup events in detail but would like to share some points which will hopefully make my viewpoint somewhat clear.
1. On 30 June 2013, mass protests erupted across Egypt calling for the President's resignation, following severe fuel shortages and electricity outages that evidence shows were orchestrated by Mubarak-era Egyptian elites with the intention of causing a coup. (Mubarak Era people wanted ouster of Morsi)
2. The anti-Morsi demonstrators on the streets welcomed Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's decision overthrowing Morsi with celebrations and lifting posters for the General el-Sisi and chanting "The Army and the People are one hand", supporting General el-Sisi didn't stop at that but also reached the social networks as thousands of Egyptians changed their profile pictures to the picture of el-Sisi while others started campaigns requesting Al-Sisi to be given the field marshal military rank while others hoped him to nominate in the next presidential elections. (El-Sisi has very good relations with USA & Israel & its interesting that protestors were supporting the same army that they wanted to oust earlier).
3. From January 2013 the Al-Nour party (MB party's ally) gradually distanced itself from Mohammad Morsi's Brotherhood government, and came to join the opposition in the July 2013 coup which ousted Morsi. (Al-Nour has strong ties with Saudi Arabia which in turn has good relations with USA).
4. On 24 July, during a speech at a military parade, General el-Sisi called for mass demonstrations to grant his forces a “mandate” to crack down on “terrorism”. This was seen as contradicting the military’s pledges to hand over power to civilians after removing Mr. Morsi and as an indication for an imminent crackdown against Islamists. (Muslim Brotherhood will face repressions in future).
5. Pro-Morsi demonstrators (non-violent till now) are killed & the new government says that these protestors will be cleared "legally". (why dual standards for Pro & Anti Morsi camps).
References
Further Reading
On Muslim brotherhood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood & their website www.ikhwanweb.com
Tariq Ramadan's analysis of these events http://www.tariqramadan.com/spip.php?article12927&lang=en
Coup or No Coup ? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/25/obama-egypt_n_3653775.html
- Ameen Ahmad, BE Electrical Engineerng
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