Supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi with an image of Morsi shout slogans during a protest at the Rabaa Adawiya square where they are camping at in Cairo July 19, 2013. Thousands of supporters of Morsi rallied in Cairo to demand the restoration of the ousted Islamist leader, with his opponents also planning protests nearby. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters
A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds a Quran in front of Egyptian soldiers, not pictured, near Cairo University, where protesters have installed their camp in in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. Manu Brabo/AP
Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi stand behind a barrier separating them from military soldiers after clashes, in Cairo, July 8, 2013. Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi hold a large Egyptian national flag during a protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, July 2, 2013. Egypt was on edge following a 'last-chance' ultimatum the military issued to Morsi, giving the president and the opposition 48-hours to resolve the crisis in the country or have the army step in with its own plan. Hassan Ammar/AP
An Egyptian protester cries during a demonstration supporting President Morsi near Cairo University in Giza, Egypt, July 2, 2013. Manu Brabo/AP
Supporters of President Morsi march in formation with sticks and protective gear outside of the Rabia el-Adawiya mosque near the presidential palace, in Cairo, July 2, 2013. Protesters seeking the ouster of the Islamist president remained camped out at Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising. Across town, Morsi's Islamist backers have hunkered down at their own rally site, vowing to resist what they depict as a threat of a coup against a legitimately elected president. Amr Nabil/AP
Opponents of President Morsi celebrate outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, July 1, 2013. Hassan Ammar/AP
A military helicopter flies over an opponent of President Mohamed Morsi as he waves a national flag, in Tahrir Square in Cairo, July 2, 2013. Amr Nabil/AP
Tamarod campaign member Ahmed Essam asks drivers to sign a petition in Tahrir Square on June 17, 2013 in Cairo. Tamarod is collecting signatures to petition for the removal of President Morsi and a call to protest on June 30th. Ann Hermes/Staff
Mohamed Moram holds his identification card for The Individual Street Sellers Syndicate in Cairo, an organization supporting illegal street vendors and their rights on June 17, 2013 in Cairo. The numbers of illegal street vendors selling everything from snacks to clothes has increased since the revolution in Egypt. As other employment opportunities shrink and there are greater lapses in security, more vendors being to open up shops and take over the already crowded streets and sidewalks. Ann Hermes/Staff
Tamarod campaign members count petitions in their headquarters on June 17, 2013 in Cairo. Ann Hermes/Staff
Egyptian protesters chant slogans as one holds a cross and a copy of Islam's holy book, the Quran, during a protest in Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, to condemn sectarian clashes in Cairo, April 12, 2013. Attacks against Christians have increased since the ouster two years ago of Hosni Mubarak. Amr Nabil/AP
Plainclothes security personnel use batons to beat a protester at Cairo's Tahrir Square March 3, 2013. The banner reads, 'Down… down with the regime.' Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters
Egyptian truck drivers sit by their vehicles as protesters blocked the road leading to the east port preventing loaded trucks from leaving the port, during day six of a general strike, in Port Said, Egypt, Feb. 22, 2013. Opponents of Egypt’s Islamist president are looking to Port Said as a model for stepping up their campaign against him with a possible wave of civil disobedience in other parts of the country. Nasser Nasser/AP
Former Egyptian presidential candidate, Hamdeen Sabahi, (l.), speaks during a press conference following the meeting of the National Salvation Front as Nobel peace laureate, Mohamed El Baradei, (c.), and former Egyptian Foreign Minister and presidential candidate, Amr Moussa, (r.), listen, in Cairo, Jan. 28, 2013. Egypt’s main opposition coalition has rejected the Islamist president’s call for dialogue to resolve the country’s political crisis, unless their conditions are met. Amr Nabil/AP
An Egyptian policeman peers out of an anti-riot police vehicle near Tahrir, the focal point of the Egyptian revolution, in Cairo, March 4, 2013. Police briefly cleared protesters from Tahrir Square. The demonstrators, who have held a sit-in there for the past three months, returned soon after, burning two police vehicles. Amr NabilAP
Women queue outside a polling center to vote in a referendum on Egypt's new constitution in Cairo. Egyptians queued to vote on Saturday on a constitution promoted by its Islamist backers as the way out of a prolonged political crisis and rejected by opponents as a recipe for further divisions in the Arab world's biggest nation. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
Egyptian protesters push army soldiers standing guard in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Dec. 9, 2012. Egypt's liberal opposition called for more protests, seeking to keep up the momentum of its street campaign after the president made a partial concession overnight but refused its main demand he rescind a draft constitution going to a referendum on Dec. 15. Nasser Nasser/AP
General view of the Nile River in Cairo, Dec. 10, 2012. The Egyptian military assumed joint responsibility with the police for security and protecting state institutions until the results of a Dec. 15 constitutional referendum are announced. Hassan Ammar/AP
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is seen during a photo opportunity in his office at the presidential palace in Cairo, Dec. 8, 2012. Egypt's military said that serious dialogue is the 'best and only' way to overcome the nation's deepening conflict over a disputed draft constitution hurriedly adopted by Islamist allies of Morsi, and recent decrees granting himself near-absolute powers. Maya Alleruzzo/AP
Egyptian army soldiers stand guard near the presidential palace in Cairo, Dec. 9, 2012. Egypt's liberal opposition called for more protests, seeking to keep up the momentum of its street campaign after the president made a partial concession overnight but refused its main demand he rescind a draft constitution going to a referendum on Dec. 15. Hassan Ammar/AP
A framed portrait of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan Al-Banna lies on a chair in a ransacked room at the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters, in Cairo, Dec. 8, 2012. A senior Muslim Brotherhood official said a statement by Egypt's military calling for dialogue was a welcome step in helping to end a political crisis that did not take sides. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
The Islamist-dominated panel vote on a final draft of a new Egyptian constitution in Cairo, Nov. 29, 2012. The draft constitution that is now at the center of worsening political turmoil would empower Islamists to carry out the most widespread and strictest implementation of Islamic law that modern Egypt has seen. Mohammed Asad/AP
Azza el-Gharf of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (2nd l.) speaks with other members of the assembly during the vote on a final draft of a new Egyptian constitution in Cairo, Nov. 29, 2012. Mohammed Asad/AP
Egyptian activists have rallied around the military since it ousted Mohamed Morsi, leaving some of their former comrades isolated and uneasy.
The voices warning about the perils of the national reverence for the Egyptian military that's been held by secular-leaning activists since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi on July 3 are few, and subject to threats and allegations that they're stooges for "terrorists" from former friends and allies.
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