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Sharia Law! Welcome to Egypt

Oscar73

Oscar73

Israel

Liberals and secularists are the enemies of Allah!


Tens, and perhaps hundreds of thousands of Egyptians poured into Cairo’s now-famed Tahrir Square on Friday to demand their nation become subject to Sharia Law and form the cornerstone for a new Islamic caliphate.


The unplanned demonstration erupted following Friday prayers at mosques around the Egyptian capital.


The demonstrators, who were led by the increasingly powerful Muslim Brotherhood, demanded that Egypt’s interim military regime give way to an intolerant Islamic dictatorship.


Various news media reported the demonstrators shouting and holding up signs reading: “Egypt will return to Sharia Law!”, “Liberals and secularists are the enemies of Allah!”, and “The solution is Islam!”


When Egyptians ousted former dictator Hosni Mubarak in February, the international media made much of how conservative Muslims, Coptic Christians and Egyptian secularists worked together for the common goal of democratic freedom.


The prevailing assumption was that Egypt would serve as a model of how a diverse, but tolerant Middle East society could throw off the shackles of dictatorial oppression and build something better.


But Egyptian commentators are now saying that what is happening in their country more closely resembles the Iranian revolution.


In 1979, a broad coalition of Iranians overthrew the dictatorial regime of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. The shah was briefly replaced by a secular, democratic government. But Islamists quickly hijacked the revolution, and Iran today is ruled by a religious council and is subject to the strictest interpretation of Sharia Law.


What is happening in Egypt now “is a lot like Iran, and it’s only going to get worse,” Saeed Rahnema, a pro-democracy demonstrator in Iran in the late 1970s and now a professor at York University in Toronto, told Canada’s The Globe and Mail.


Egypt’s one hope at this point is that the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamist movement currently lacks a charismatic leader like the Iranians had in Ayatollah Khomeini.


But such a figure can rise quickly in this region. And even if he does not, the fear that the Islamists are sowing in their fellow Egyptians is all but guaranteeing that even a democratically elected Egyptian government will be dominated by Muslim fundamentalists.

01:22 PM Jul 31 2011 |

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Oscar73

Oscar73

Israel

Karem-tn:


Instead of cheap anti-Semitic of yours ,
Start answers the questions, is the Islamic brotherhood against non muslims?

01:46 PM Aug 01 2011 |

zamalek

zamalek

Egypt

oscar 73 the media give u awronge view about tahrir demonstration what happen here in egypt is apolitical competition between islamics and librlities but it isnt awar here and no one say that the liberities are bad or non muslim or any thing like that what happen here is normal political competition and i see that u say they want it to be an islamic country  iwanna to tell u that egypt is an islamic country no discuss in this but  the discussion is who will rule egypt islamic politics or liberities politics and both love egypt and they will benifit our country



viva egypt viva palestina and good blesses all arabs and muslims inthw whole world 

08:59 AM Sep 01 2011 |

zamalek

zamalek

Egypt

islamic brotherhood isnt against non muslims here in egypt muslims and christians live in peace


09:01 AM Sep 01 2011 |

zamalek

zamalek

Egypt

what i want to say now that israeal exceed their limits with egyptians and dont expect that will pass normaly what was happen in mubarak days now 


the egyptian giant wake up so take care or u will lose 


no more killers no more terror to palestinian people  u have to know who u r and know who we r if u dont know u have to refresh your memory and see what happen in 10 ramadan 1973 then u will think 1000 times before u do stupid actions towards egyptian or palestinian or lebanon or iran or turky or any arab or muslim countries

09:08 AM Sep 01 2011 |

SantiagoC

SantiagoC

Uruguay

here in egypt muslims and christians live in peace


http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/ML-Egypt-Sectarian-Clashes/2011/05/08/id/395617


You can have a lot of things in Egypt, but definetly not peace.

03:58 AM Sep 05 2011 |

zamalek

zamalek

Egypt

u talk about personal and isolated accidents but the society relations are ok the media try to make aproblem

06:47 AM Sep 05 2011 |