Revolt/Revolution in Egypt

[Fragony]

Do you think the educated, Anglophone youth is waiting for weekly stonings or something like that? I don't think so. Egypt is not quite Afghanistan.

No I don't, but what they are getting might not be what they ever wanted, be a little realistic. I'd sleep with a gun under my pillow if I were them.

[Hax]

No I don't, but what they are getting might not be what they ever wanted, be a little realistic. I'd sleep with a gun under my pillow if I were them.

Yes, they should take care. They may not get alle they wanted.

But speaking about realism, it's not very realistic that the extreme fringes of the Muslim Brotherhood, who lost a huge amount of their popular support back in '95 will take power. I have to say that a similiar thing happened in Iran, when the Tudeh (leftist) party originally supported Khomeini (yet their head was the only party leader that refused to have his portrait in the office) they were later betrayed by him and a large number of their party members were arrested (in '82).

However, the Egyptian revolution is not religious in nature where Iran's revolution was. The Egyptian Sunni clergy is more divided than the organised hierarchy of the Iranian Shi'ite Twelvers. It's not likely that thousands of people will protest in the streets in support of the Muslim Brothers.

[Fragony]

Iranian revolution was also not religious it was about corruption (and a western puppet) it was the middle class that brought it in. Things are frighteningly similar in Egypt right now. I'm kinda curious what your dad is thinking about what's happening. It isn't just about Egypt the whole Arab world is burning up

[Hax]

Iranian revolution was also not religious it was about corruption (and a western puppet) it was the middle class that brought it in. Things are frighteningly similar in Egypt right now. I'm kinda curious what your dad is thinking about what's happening. It isn't just about Egypt the whole Arab world is burning up

True, but there is a disrepancy in the level of education of the middle class of 70's Iran and present-day Egypt. Who knows for sure, though?

As for my father, we're hoping the revolution will spread to Algeria. It would be a good thing, he thinks. He's been following the Egyptian revolution too, in fact, he called me moments after Mubarak resigned.

[al Roumi]

Military rulers appoint retired judge as head of committee tasked with suggesting changes to country's constitution.

Egypt's new army rulers have appointed Tareq al-Bishry, a retired judge, to head a committee set up to suggest constitutional changes.

Al-Bishry was a strong supporter of an independent judiciary during Hosni Mubarak's rule and is respected in legal circles for his independent views.

"I have been chosen by the Higher Military Council to head the committee for constitutional amendments," al-Bishry said on Tuesday.

The Higher Military Council had earlier vowed to rewrite the constitution within 10 days and put it to a referendum within two months.

The existing constitution, which the military council has suspended, had built-in guarantees to keep Mubarak and his allies in power.

The amendments added during his rule strengthened the establishment's grip on power.

The appointment of al-Bishry comes as the military rulers, in control of the country following the ouster of Mubarak, are attempting to restore normalcy after weeks of turmoil.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/mi...30198336.html#

I think this is an encouraging sign, it can't be easy to pick the right kind of people from within Egypt's elite...

[Fragony]

Probably will get your way with Algeria, heard there is some serious unrest there as well. Only Marocco seems to be calm. A shame all eyes are on Egypt, understandable but this is much bigger

[Fisherking]

Probably will get your way with Algeria, heard there is some serious unrest there as well. Only Marocco seems to be calm. A shame all eyes are on Egypt, understandable but this is much bigger

Some links in no particular order:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...347446530.html

http://parkerspitzer.blogs.cnn.com/2...nrest-spreads/

http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurar...e.html?showall

http://www.staradvertiser.com/column...n_mideast.html

[Furunculus]

america still capable of winning the war of ideas:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/lexin...rica_and_arabs