Mohammed
Morsi was the first freely elected leader in Egypt's long history. Now,
he's under military guard. On Monday, the army massacred his supporters
who demanded his release.
Morsi's
supporters refused to be intimidated. A day after Egyptian soldiers
opened fire on a crowd of protesters, killing more than fifty people,
thousands of them rallied again in Cairo, protected by their own team of
volunteer security guards.
Many
of these people say it doesn't matter what Egypt's new government does.
They won't leave the street until Mohammed Morsi is reinstated as
president.
As
Egypt's first democratically elected president, Morsi was criticized as
dictatorial and ineffective. But for the crowd of conservative Muslims
in Wednesday's demonstration, he's a hero.
"I came 600 kilometers here to support legality," said Essam al-Hawany. "To support the legal president who we vote for."
rotesters
like Al-Hawany, a high school teacher, told us by ousting the
president, the military has made a mockery of Egyptian democracy.
But he's determined not to give up the fight.
"Our blood will win, so we have nothing in our hands," he said. "We came with our hearts only, and our blood only."
Other
protesters made the same point Tuesday in a powerful Islamic ceremony.
These men carried martyrs shrouds -- a symbol that they're willing to
die for their cause.
Military
leaders have said they'll have an election in six months, but that has
done nothing to quiet the situation. Morsi's supporters say those new
elections are a sham because Egypt's democratically elected president
was removed by the military.
The
country has been through two-and-a-half years of political turmoil. But
with Morsi now in custody and arrest warrants issued for many of his
supporters, Egypt's divisions look deeper than ever. (CBSNEWS.COM)
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