Ikhwanul Muslim, FPI, Hizbut Tahrir, Hezbolah, Al Qaeda, Taliban, As Shahab, semua sama aja, mereka adalah orang2 Islam yg soleh dan bertaqwa, alias bajingan2 keparat.
On 2/11/13, Bukan Pedanda <[email protected]> wrote: > > The `naked truth' about Egypt's Brotherhood > > By Faisal J. Abbas > > Friday, 08 February 2013 > > Until this week, many observers may have still wondered what kind of rulers > the Muslim Brotherhood are in Egypt. Since assuming office last June, > questions were being raised around the dubious power-consolidation strategy > carried out by President Mohammed Mursi, the democratically elected > Brotherhood candidate who came into power on the back of the demise of the > Mubarak regime in 2011. > > However, there was very little room left for uncertainty recently, when a > highly disturbing video of Egyptian police brutality went viral. The footage > shows police officers stripping middle-aged protester Hamada Saber naked, > and beating him senseless in front of the presidential palace; this was said > to have taken place last Friday. > No reason to celebrate > Eight months into its rule, the Brotherhood managed to waste a real and > valuable opportunity when the whole world was ready to support the > resurgence of Egypt > > Egyptians have taken back to the streets since last Jan. 25, to mark the > second anniversary of the revolution that ended the 30-year rule of > President Hosni Mubarak. However, it was quickly evident that the crowds > were not gathering to celebrate; this was another angry protest. > > With a tarnished economy, worsening living conditions, the re-establishment > of the state of emergency, and a government that seemed only keen to serve > the interests of the ruling party (the Brotherhood in this case), Egyptians > were back to square one. > > Eight months into its rule, the Brotherhood has very little to show in terms > of achievements (apart from Cairo's first `halal' coffee-shop, where > gender-segregation is imposed and playing music is forbidden!). The only > brilliance the Brotherhood has shown is in waste-management: they "managed" > to "waste" a real and valuable opportunity when the whole world was ready to > support the resurgence of Egypt. > In today's world, any offers of `assistance' from Iran can only mean one > thing: that you must have messed up so badly with everyone else > > Unsurprisingly, many global players are now reluctant to lend the country > the money it so badly needs to get back on its feet. Egypt has just received > a loan offer from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but this is not > necessarily a good thing. In today's world, any offers of `assistance' from > Iran can only mean one thing: that you must have messed up so badly with > everyone else. > A unified opposition > > This is not to say that Egyptians were wrong to go down the democratic > route, and this is certainly not to say that we should not accept the choice > of the now-democratic republic of Egypt. > > However, let us not shy away from the truth: that it was not the Brotherhood > that ignited or led the 2011 revolution, and that since there was no clear > opposition figure that claimed responsibility for it, the path was clear for > the Brotherhood to reap the rewards. > > In addition, due to some questionable inner-workings of local politics, when > the time to vote arrived in 2012, Egyptians were caught between a rock and a > hard place. The only two choices left were the Brotherhood's candidate, and > one associated with the former regime. > > Whilst much can be said to criticize the Brotherhood, one cannot but admire > how well-organized and structured it is. Indeed, it was evident that it was > going to be the de-facto beneficiary of the Egyptian revolution. > > The country's liberal opposition must unite behind a strong and savvy > politician, and this must happen now. Without a healthy, solid and powerful > opposition that could impose a system of checks and balances, it will not > just be a protester dragged naked onto the streets, but the whole country. > > Faisal J. Abbas is the Editor-in-Chief of Al Arabiya English, he is a > renowned blogger and an award-winning journalist who is working on an > upcoming book on Arab Media. Faisal covered the Middle East extensively > working for Future Television of Lebanon and both Al-Hayat and Asharq > Al-Awsat pan-Arab dailies. He blogs for The Huffington Post since 2008, a > recipient of many media awards and a member of the British Society of > Authors, National Union of Journalists, the John Adams Society as well as an > associate member of the Cambridge Union Society. He can be reached on > @FaisalJAbbas on Twitter. > > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
