Two days after a military coup ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, Washington appeared deeply divided over how to respond to what most experts believe is a critical moment for future relations between the U.S. and political Islam both in Egypt and throughout the Middle East.
On the one hand, some analysts are arguing that the U.S. must try hard to dispel the notion that it supported or now accepts the coup, lest it persuade Islamist parties, including Morsi?s Muslim Brotherhood, that its purported promotion of democracy worldwide does not apply to them.
?The Obama administration would be wise to distance itself from the army?s actions and use its leverage, particularly the promise of financial assistance, to pressure the military to respect the rights of Islamists,? warned Shadi Hamid, director of research at the Brookings Doha Center in Qatar, in an op-ed published Friday by the New York Times.
Like many other experts, he noted that the current moment recalled Washington?s acquiescence in the Algerian military?s last-minute cancellation of the 1992 elections which the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) was poised to sweep ? an action that resulted in a civil war in which an estimated 200,000 people were killed and that radicalised a generation of Islamists.
On the other hand, other analysts ? many of them neo-conservatives and others closely associated with the Israel lobby ? have greeted the coup in Egypt more positively, urging the Obama administration to accept the coup, continue aid, and work closely with the generals, who are now seen as in control despite their nominal transfer of power to the chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, to ensure a return to democratic rule.
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