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Eye on the World: Friday, June 15, 2012
Egypt’s supreme court ruled on Thursday that the country’s parliamentary elections, held last year in the wake of President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, were illegitimate, and that the lower house of the parliament should be dissolved. Egypt has been preparing to select its next president in elections this weekend, and many Egyptians fear that the court’s ruling sets the stage for the country’s military council to consolidate its power.
“Fearless prayer for North Africa and the Middle East,” written shortly after President Mubarak stepped down last spring, explains how each of us can pray to support fair, inclusive, honest political processes in Egypt and elsewhere. The author writes, “Our insistence on the presence of this one Mind, guiding all toward peace and justice, will lead to solutions that are satisfying and complete.”
As the 11-year anniversary of American involvement in Afghanistan approaches, many Americans and Afghans are assessing what has been accomplished since the war’s start. The Afghan National Army is more self-sufficient, Al Qaeda has been weakened, and there’s more political freedom in the country than 11 years ago; however, support for the Taliban is growing in rural areas and corruption remains a huge problem. Lots will hinge on how well Americans and Afghans can build a stable government between now and the scheduled troop withdrawal in 2014.
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