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Bloody Day in Unrest Widens the Rupture Among Ordinary Egyptians
(New York Times) Ben Hubbard and Kareem Fahim - Egypt's bloodiest day in more than two years of unrest appeared to intensify the arguments about who should be ruling the country. Egyptians offer widely divergent accounts of what caused Monday's carnage, while both camps claim the U.S. is offering concrete support to their opponents. This week, the son of the powerhouse cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi publicly criticized his father for declaring his support for Morsi. Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi called Morsi and the Brotherhood "men greedy to seize power at any cost." In Tahrir Square, sympathy for the military and anger at Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood was unabated, while a half-hour drive away, Morsi's supporters have claimed the area around the Raba el-Adawiya mosque as their own.