CAIRO — Egypt's new president moved to assert his authority and regain control of the streets Saturday even as his Islamist opponents declared his powers illegitimate and issued blood oaths to reinstate Mohammed Morsi, whose ouster by the military has led to dueling protests and deadly street battles between rival sides.
But underscoring the sharp divisions facing the untested leader, Adly Mansour, his office said pro-reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei had been named as interim prime minister but later backtracked on the decision saying consultations were continuing. A politician close to ElBaradei said the reversal was due to objections by an ultraconservative Islamist party with which the new administration wants to cooperate.
They're having the same problems in Egypt as we have here with the Republican party here at home. The fact of the matter is religious conservatives can't be allowed to serve in a democratic government. They're allegiance is to God's laws as they see it and not the laws of the people or the constitution upon which they are based. For them to profess otherwise would be an affront to the God they claim to serve.
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