Jerry, You are exactly right. Here we go again.
Linda ________________________________ From: Jerry Blevins <jb...@mchsi.com> To: missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, February 7, 2011 7:39:42 PM Subject: RE: [MoLiCo] Canada Free Press: "Obama, Egypt & History of the Muslim Brotherhood" Money drives the train and we do not seem to stop that process, we just love to give Billions to these countries!!!!!!! Jerry -----Original Message----- From: missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com [mailto:missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Vought Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 11:24 PM To: missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [MoLiCo] Canada Free Press: "Obama, Egypt & History of the Muslim Brotherhood" On Feb 6, 2011, at 10:21 PM, Jerry Blevins wrote: > Cairo's unique cityscape with its ancient mosques. Cairo is known as > the > "city of a thousand minarets"Egypt is a predominantly Muslim country > with > Islam as its state religion. The percentage of the adherents of > various > religions is a controversial topic in Egypt, with different sources > citing > different figures. Around 90% are identified as > Muslim.[92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100] A significant number of > Muslim > Egyptians also follow native Sufi orders,[101] and there is a > minority of > Shi'a. Islam plays a central role in the lives of most Egyptian > Muslims. The > Adhan (Islamic call to prayer) is heard five times a day, and has the > informal effect of regulating the pace of everything from business > to media > and entertainment.Cairo is famous for its numerous mosque minarets > and is > justifiably dubbed "the city of 1,000 minarets".[102] Cairo also > comprises a > significant number of church towers. That is true, but there is a big difference between culturally and religiously Muslim. Egypt requires one to declare as a member of one of the three Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism) in order to get identity papers and those who do not choose Islam are discriminated against. Therefore, most people select to identify as Islam. In Israel, all citizens are "Jews" and would suffer politically if they did not identify themselves as such but the majority of them are not religious adherents to Judaism. It is more or less the same in much of Egypt (or so I am told). It seems to be partly in response to the inflexibility of current government (in addition to rampant corruption, nepotism, and fiscal mismanagement) that people are protesting. The overwhelming likelihood is that the Constitution will become more religiously free, not less. The Egyptians have no reason to move into the arms of the Muslim Brotherhood if we do not drive them that way ourselves. Sincerely, Eric Vought "Faith does not absolve us from trying to understand our world and make moral distinctions with the eyes and brain given us. Religion is as much responsibility as direction: Duty not Distinction." -- This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -- This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -- This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever.
