[Politics] Is another revolution brewing in Egypt

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In a speech marking the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday last month, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi warned critics not to hold protests on January 25, the fifth anniversary on the 2011 po[CENSORED]r uprising, saying a new revolt could destroy the country. “Why am I hearing calls for another revolution? Why do you want to ruin [Egypt]? I came by your will and your choice, and not despite it,” Sisi told the hand-picked audience of politicians, media pundits and members of Egypt’s newly elected parliament. KEEP READING list of 4 items list 1 of 4 El-Sisi sworn in for third term as Egyptian president list 2 of 4 Turkey and Egypt call for ceasefire in Gaza list 3 of 4 Turkey’s Erdogan, Egypt’s Sisi meet in Cairo list 4 of 4 Turkey’s Erdogan arrives in Egypt for first visit in more than a decade end of list Sisi’s words, greeted by a roar of applause, revealed the regime’s fears that another po[CENSORED]r uprising may be brewing.After the Spring – Egypt: 5 Years On As Egypt nears the fifth anniversary of the uprising that ended three decades of Hosni Mubarak’s rule, analysts and activists say the regime is imposing a “reign of terror” to deter people from marking the day. Security forces have stepped up their crackdown on activists: On January 7, police arrested three administrators of Facebook pages allegedly promoting anti-government protests on January 25. Four journalists, along with members of the April 6 Youth Movement, have also been arrested. In addition, earlier this week, security forces conducted mass searches of flats, primarily in downtown Cairo near Tahrir Square, the heart of the 2011 protests. Hundreds of Egyptian revolutionaries and regime opponents are already behind bars, and the religious establishment has described those calling for a new round of January 25 protests as “weak believers who carry extremist ideas”. “The spirit of the January uprising continues to pose a threat to the regime, despite the fact that none of the known revolutionary forces actually called for protests, to my knowledge,” Khalil al-Anani, a political science professor at the Doha Institute, told Al Jazeera.

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