Egypt retires 70 army generals
Source: BBC
Seventy generals in the Egyptian armed forces are to be retired, the government has announced.
The move comes weeks after President Mohammed Mursi replaced the defence minister and the chief of staff.
However, six of the generals will keep their positions on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf).
Some analysts say Mr Mursi is asserting his authority over the army. There has so far been little adverse reaction from the military establishment.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19456182
Gen Sisi ? SRSLY ?
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Egypt is a Sunni Islam Nation. One of the chief sources of Sunni sources on Mohammad is Aisha, his youngest wife. The Marriage between Aisha and Mohammad appears to be Political, she was the daughter of one of Mohammad's followers and the marriage was done to strengthen the relationship between the two (In fact Aisha's Father would succeed Mohammad as leaders of Islam at the death of Mohammad).
During Aisha’s entire life she was a strong advocate for the education of Islamic women especially in areas such as law and the teachings of Islam. Aisha, the mother of the Muslims, was known for establishing the first madrasah for women in her home. Attending Aisha’s classes varied from family relatives to orphaned children. Men also attended Aisha's classes, and a curtain simply separated the male and female students. One of her most mentioned and outstanding students was her nephew, Urwah, who eventually became one of the greatest scholars of his generation. Umrah bint Abdur was also one of Aisha’s famous women pupils who was not only regarded as a trustworthy narrator of the Hadith, but became Aisha’s secretary.
Aisha's scholarly intelligence and motherly figure allowed for important contributions in the emergence of Islam and an important dignitary to the Muslim women.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha
On the other hand, the Shiite hate Aisha (for the simple reason she opposed Ali as the successor of Mohammad, Shiite is translated into English as "Party of Ali"
but they hold Mohammad's only daughter, Fatima, in high esteem, for she was also the wife of Ali (and in turn hated by Aisha, which has been one of the points of division between Shiite and Sunni Islam, i.e. two women are the centers of both Sunni and Shiite Islam).
The Shitte attitude to Fatima is tied in with her being the only child of Mohammad to actually bear children herself. While Mohammad was alive, Fatima tended to be in the background, but at his death, she demanded her inheritance, not just once, but at least twice, including interrupting the Successor of Mohammad as Caliph, while he was giving a speech in a Mosque. When her inheritance was refused, she refused to recognize Mohammad's successor as his successor. Her refusal to accept the new Caliph was her decision not her husband's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_bint_Muhammad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi%27a_view_of_Fatimah
Mohammad's relations with women were complex, his first wife, Khadīja bint Khuwaylid, he married at age 25 and lived with till her death when he turned 50. Mohammad did not have any other wives till she was dead, and then only for the last 12 years of his life.
More on Khadīja bint Khuwaylid:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadijah_bint_Khuwaylid
Khadīja bint Khuwaylid was the only wife to bear Mohammand's children, his other wives seems to be more political marriages OR marriages to the widow of followers then anything else.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%27s_wives
As to the Moslem Brotherhood, while they want women to wear the "Viel", i.e. traditional arabic dress for women,
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/08/03/egypt.muslim.sisterhood/index.html?&hpt=hp_c2
The Moslem Brotherhood has even accepted the idea that women can serve in the cabinet, through NOT the Presidency of Egypt:
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=28077
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/brotherhood-sticks-ban-christians-and-women-presidency
