In Egypt, with its 10% Coptic Orthodox Christian minority, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi won the presidency in a free and fair election, after which Morsi resigned from the party, saying that this would allow him to represent all Egyptians more effectively, and promised that he would respect minority rights. Yet subsequent actions designed to give him unprecedented executive power raise concerns about these early positive steps.
阿拉伯之春运动的进展可能在一定程度上代表了宗教宽容的未来。尽管科普特东正教只占埃及总人口的10%，但穆斯林兄弟会的穆罕默德·穆尔西却赢得了这场自由公正的选举。之后穆尔西辞去党内职务，称这样更有利于他代表所有埃及人。穆尔西承诺会尊重少数民族权利。但其后旨在赋予他史无前例行政权力的行为却引发了人们对这些早期积极措施的忧虑。