“It is a difficult time. I hate to see another uprising and people dying. I hope that the people and their leaders can sit down and sort it out in a peaceful way.”
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| (left) Dr. Mansoor Qureishi, President, Ahmadiya Muslim Community, Detroit |
Source/Credit: The Detroit News
By Ursula Watson | July 1, 2013
Local Egyptian-Americans and others following the events in Egypt say the demonstrations are “growing pains of a fledgling democracy” but could further destabilize the region.
“When we had our revolution here in America, it took many years to stabilize the situation,” said Egyptian-American Shereef Akeel, a civil rights lawyer in Troy. “Obviously, there is concern about destabilization and just a vacuum of more chaos, but at the same time, you are seeing a people engaging in protest, able to collect signatures and galvanize a movement. These are signs of a democracy taking place, unfolding before us.”
But the protests could presage a darker period, said one observer. The marchers “believe they were cheated and somebody stole their revolution,” said Osama Siblani, publisher of the bilingual weekly Arab American News in Dearborn.
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