Egypt's former President Mohamed Morsi died in court in Cairo
67-year-old collapsed in courtroom
pronounced dead in hospital at 4:50pm local time Monday
medical report showed no recent injuries on his body, prosecutor said
trial on espionage charges
granted permission to address judge
former president blacked out and died
Morsi had history of health issues, diabetes, liver, kidney disease
suffered medical neglect during imprisonment
compounded by poor conditions in jail
various reports Morsi mistreated and tortured in jail
systematic isolation, mistreatment of political detainees
Morsi became president in 2012
one year after end of Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule
He was deposed in July 2013 following mass protests
Morsi facing at least six trials
20-year sentence for killing of protesters in 2012
life sentence for espionage related to Qatar
Turkish President Erdogan called him "martyr"
"May Allah rest our brother Morsi, our martyr's soul in peace," said Erdogan
forged close ties with late former president
My comments : Another ordinarily tragic day in Egypt.
My view is the Muslim Brotherhood will revert to violence in Egypt. This is bound to happen. If the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood disagrees, the Brotherhood may split into factions.
The real probem is there are no solutions for Egypt - in its current form. Egypt has a population of 101 million people. A fantastic place to manufacture their own national car. But there is none.
They are not a free society. I am not just referring to their governments (Sisi, Morsi, Mubarak, Sadat, Nasser etc). Their society is just not 20th century. But it is now the 21st century already.
They have not been able to fully move into the modern era. Sadly they are not alone.
The price of not being modern in your thinking.
Such tragedy upon the family. Innalillahi . .
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