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Al-Qersh 21 the president and the government if it broke the constitution. By doing that we limit the government power, ensure equality and freedom. Finally we might have an actual chance to achieve economic growth. The economic growth can be achieved through a credible commitment from the government that would decrease the uncertainty in Egypt and thus encourage investors and companies to invest in Egypt. Aside from Douglass and Dessouki theory, there is another solution that some people think that it’s the best for Egypt and that is to revive our Islamic values. Kassir argues that Arabs were greatest when they were close to their Islamic laws and faith (Eugene), also Joseph Mayton, an American journalist who is currently a staff reporter at Al-Masry AlYoum and editor of Bikya Masr, agree to some extent with Kassir as he says “ Islam is the solution”. On the other hand, Timur Kuran, professor of economics and political science at Duke University argues that the religious laws imposed by the government or by Islam itself were the reason for the Middle East to decline in the first place. He explains how the nature of Islam is stagnant, and being stagnant in a world that is changing every day is Decline. If we are to evaluate the Islamic laws we wont find what opposes economic growth or development of countries. However, the misinterpretation of Islam sometimes is what makes it stagnant. So it’s the people interpretation of Islam causes either development or decline. The Muslim Brotherhood is a good example that can be used to compare Douglass and Dessouki theory against Kassir, Mayton and Kuran perspective of an Islamic institution, taking into consideration the Muslim brotherhood behavior since the revolution. They were the only party voting yes in the referendum about whether to settle with the changes in the constitution or to cancel the old constitution and form a new one. The old constitution gave the president a lot of privileges, and the changes that were made in it weren’t enough, also these changes caused some terms in the constitution to be contradictory to each other. But voting yes and agreeing to these changes will speed up the time of the election. The Muslim


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