A blow to Islamists

A huge cross-section of Egyptians feel Mohammed Morsi and his government failed them. His ouster risks sending a message that Islamists have no place which could have violent repercussions, says Warren Strobel.

EGYPT was the centrepiece of the Islamist movement’s vault to power in the Arab world’s sweeping wave of uprisings.

Winning election after election here, the Islamists vowed to prove they could govern effectively and implement their vision of political Islam, all while embracing the rules of democracy.