"Tell everyone: Egypt's revolution is sweet and peaceful"

Tell everyone: Egypt's revolution is sweet and peaceful
No one wants the Muslim Brotherhood to take over, no one wants violence – just elections and a new constitution
Amr Shalakany in Tahrir Square, Cairo
January 30, 2011

This is a sweet, sweet revolution; it is peaceful. Tell everyone we are peaceful.

We do not owe this revolution to the Muslim Brotherhood, not to anybody. They say the Ikhwan (The Muslim Brotherhood) is more organised – maybe. But this is the people on the street; this is not about any political party. Look, he says, more and more people are coming; Tahrir Square is getting more and more full.

I am sorry, the man tells me, but I hate your president. What is this speech he gives? Why can't he support us? He says we can have human rights but he gives us no political rights? To America, we are monkeys, monkeys, monkeys. We Egyptians don't deserve a constitution, don't deserve freedom, don't deserve democracy.

We are in the streets every day since 25 January and you give us Omar Suleiman, an agent? We are out here demanding our rights and you give us the head of intelligence? We will not accept Suleiman. America puts the security of Israel above the people of Egypt. We are monkeys to America. They are saying we Egyptians don't deserve political rights, don't deserve freedom. It's over… the fact that the outside world continues to engage this guy Mubarak is ridiculous. It's over.

Read the full article at:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jan/30/peaceful-revolution-egypt-muslim-brotherhood

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