Egypt and the Arab Spring

Welcome to the Bible in the News with Nick Barnes. When Hosni Mubarak was forced from the office, of Egyptian president, in Febuary 2011, it was widely seen as a popular revolution where pro-democracy demonstrators had overthrown an oppressive dictator. However, in reality, these libertarians never made up a large portion of the population, with the protests never exceeding more than 1% of the populace, and even that 1% was a mix of various opinions, including a large proportion of Islamists.