Who is Mohammed Morsi?

Mohamed
Morsi is a figure who is very important in the recent news from Egypt.  He was elected as
president of Egypt but was then removed from power by the Egyptian military.  He is currently
being held by the military.  The horrible violence that is going on in Egypt today is due to
government crackdowns on Morsis supporters who are protesting his removal from office.

Up until 2012, Egypt had never had a democratically elected leader.  Since the early
1950s, it had been run by a succession of military dictators.  These dictators had...