Muslim Brotherhood named "terrorist" group by Egyptian authorities

[NewYorkExpress]

http://www.smh.com.au/world/muslim-brotherhood-named-terrorist-group-20131226-hv6w0.html

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Good.

[Хahar 🤔]

Good.

Why is this good? Do you have any further opinion on this matter, or was it just that important for you to make sure that everyone knew how you personally felt about this?

[MaxQue]

My Egyptian-Canadian friend was wanting that to happen since a while, so he is happy, I presume

[GMantis]

I'm surprised that they took so long to do this.

Good.

Why is this good? Do you have any further opinion on this matter, or was it just that important for you to make sure that everyone knew how you personally felt about this?

Do you think that it's bad? Because otherwise this comment is pretty pointless as well.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

I haven't been keeping up enough with Egypt since the second revolution, but I do have to wonder if this is a move just to allow the government to justify attacking protests.

[Frodo]

I have heard some commentators compare 2011 in the Middle East to 1848 in Europe.  Judging by the events of the past couple of years since the initial Arab Spring, I can see why.  

[Indy Texas]

Glad they're finally calling a spade a spade.

[politicus]

I have heard some commentators compare 2011 in the Middle East to 1848 in Europe.  Judging by the events of the past couple of years since the initial Arab Spring, I can see why.  

Yes, and it will likely have the same kind of positive long term effects decades after the uprisings were crushed or their results neutralised by reactionarians.

[H. Ross Peron]

Glad they're finally calling a spade a spade.

[ZuWo]

I am by no means a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and I consider it a dangerous organization (particularly for the Christians in Egypt, who may rightfully breathe a sigh of relief in light of these news), but I can't help but still feel uneasy about the way Egypt's democratically elected president was removed from power.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

I mean, by any objective standard they are a terrorist group, but I don't believe for a second that this is any more than a political move by the military.

[opebo]

Glad they're finally calling a spade a spade.

[Cory]

I mean, by any objective standard they are a terrorist group, but I don't believe for a second that this is any more than a political move by the military.

[RogueBeaver]

I mean, by any objective standard they are a terrorist group, but I don't believe for a second that this is any more than a political move by the military.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I am by no means a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and I consider it a dangerous organization (particularly for the Christians in Egypt, who may rightfully breathe a sigh of relief in light of these news), but I can't help but still feel uneasy about the way Egypt's democratically elected president was removed from power.

[Vosem]

I mean, by any objective standard they are a terrorist group, but I don't believe for a second that this is any more than a political move by the military.

[Beet]

I am by no means a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and I consider it a dangerous organization (particularly for the Christians in Egypt, who may rightfully breathe a sigh of relief in light of these news), but I can't help but still feel uneasy about the way Egypt's democratically elected president was removed from power.

Yes, this.

The Muslim Brotherhood was a relatively moderate center-right organization, in the Egyptian political spectrum it was like the Christian Democrats. If they had been allowed to remain in power for another six months to a year, it would have totally discredited itself. Instead, this crackdown has radicalized it, and I do not think they are going away. Liberals have no-one to "back" in Egypt now.