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Zuhdi Jasser of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy discusses whether the U.S. should continue to provide aid to Egypt.
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The brotherhood taking over Egypt Mohamed -- -- is putting himself above any kind of review basically making himself something of -- dictate -- Joining us now is -- huge asset from the American Islamic forum for democracy let's get straight to it.
We pay Egypt billions of dollars -- -- yeah it's been taken over by the Muslim Brotherhood they now have a dictator.
Should we keep -- Absolutely not Stewart and you know it's so important for us to not only stop paying them but the IMF for example this yesterday said they were gonna pay.
Enough forty billion so you know I think.
Ultimately we need to have a strategy to engage their ideology they're proving themselves over and over again to be dishonest.
And to be just another dictator and we're seeing people come to the street.
In mustard and I -- that question before the break about whether you know democracy can hold yes -- people are coming back into the street there is hope.
But they're not going to be able to do it in a vacuum we need to back the people in their career.
The brotherhood did not win with a majority of them are proving themselves to be just another dictator and revolution 2.0 three point -- -- ultimately let it will evolved yeah okay.
I've got pressed that point.
No way in North Africa nowhere in the Middle East at the moment to -- Islamic societies Muslim societies no way.
Is a democracy present in any way shape or form that you and I would recognize as a democracy.
It the very least it has a long long way away from people -- like me say the two are not compatible go.
Well this is you know my book about a the soul of Islam talks about how it can be it's not now but it can be in the future and we need to take the sides of those on the street the women's groups the the liberals that the minorities and those that can make that society -- grow.
Even also in America when we had a revolution it took us awhile to -- the civil war and even hundreds years until we started to realize our own ideas on what freedom in the separation of powers is.
If egyptians are gonna understand the separation of powers balance of powers they need to.
Okay he pushed except rule of law and they've not been pushed by americorps -- west I'm sort of cut it off social doctor -- we're very short on time but we'll always appreciate your opinion thanks for coming on -- thank -- Thanks there were any -- --
