Democratically-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has repeatedly stated that he intends to be president of all the Egyptian people. Although he is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, he has pledged to appoint an inclusive government that includes women and Christians in high leadership positions. “The Egyptian people and the international community are looking to him to follow through on those commitments,” the Secretary stated.
The United States supports genuine democracy in Egypt, where every citizen has the right to live, work, and worship how they choose, whether they be Muslim or Christian or from any other background; where no group or faction can impose their authority or their ideology or their religion on anyone else; where there is healthy competition and no one institution or leader gets too powerful and the rights of all citizens are respected and protected.
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects the inherent right of people everywhere to think what they want, say what they think, and come together in fellowship without the state looking over their shoulder.
The United States looks forward to working with Egypt’s first democratically-elected president and new government as it strives to follow through on its commitments to protect the freedom of religion and human rights of all Egyptians.
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Voice of America