Hi Billy,
On Jun 17, 2009, at 12:10 PM, [email protected] wrote:
What is fascinating to me is the degree to which in Iran today — and
in Lebanon — the more secular forces of moderation have used
technologies like Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, blogging and text-
messaging as their virtual mosque, as the place they can now gather,
mobilize, plan, inform and energize their supporters, outside the
grip of the state.
For the first time, the moderates, who were always stranded between
authoritarian regimes that had all the powers of the state and
Islamists who had all the powers of the mosque, now have their own
place to come together and project power: the network. The Times
reported that Moussavi’s fan group on Facebook alone has grown to
more than 50,000 members. That’s surely more than any mosque could
hold — which is why the government is now trying to block these sites.
Very interesting find. Yes, this could be a significant trend.
-- Ernie P.
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