EDITOR'S NOTE: Michael H. Edens is professor of theology and Islamic
studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and an emeritus
missionary who served 25 years in the Middle East with Southern
Baptists' International Mission Board.
NEW ORLEANS (BP) --
The news from the banks of the Nile River has left many without hope of
ever understanding from the outside what has happened over the past
several months in Egypt, especially in recent weeks. We live in a small
world deeply affected by other places which operate within different
cultures. This is true of Egypt. What is important there differs from
here. Let's look at various aspects of this reality.
Egyptians
expect a stable strong ruler. However, the decades of dictatorship under
Hosni Mubarak made them wary of that style of leadership. After
deposing the dictator, Egyptians elected Mohamed Morsi by a slim
majority, and he soon began to install men in governing functions whose
only qualification was their Muslim Brotherhood party membership. The
economy and other vital parts of Egyptian life began to deteriorate in
his first year of office.
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