Perhatikan pula sikap orang Islam disini seperti Dipo, johny-indon, ndeboost, PAREWA PAREWA, Pramana Yudha, rezameutia, Roman Proteus, Tawang dll.
Nggak banyak tuh yang menaruh perhatian terhadap apa yang terjadi di Tunisia, Mesir dll. --- In [email protected], "sunny" <ambon@...> wrote: > > Refleksi : Apa komentar MUI dan FPI tentang keadaan di Timur Tengah, seperti > di Tunisia dan Mesir? > > http://www.smh.com.au/world/a-call-to-freedom-echoes-throughout-the-middle-east-20110129-1a8yb.html > > A call to freedom echoes throughout the Middle East > Jason Koutsoukis > January 30, 2011 > > Unrest continues ... a clash in the government area of Tunis. Photo: AFP > > CAIRO: It wasn't just in Egypt that the smell of revolution was in the air. > > Across the Arab world, where one country after another is ruled by secular > dictators or absolute monarchs, it seems dissent is brewing. > > Watching the events unfold in Egypt, people in Algeria, Yemen, Jordan and > Syria were also taking to the streets to protest at their own levels of > poverty, unemployment and lack of personal freedom. > > The euphoric cries of Egyptian protesters still demanding the removal of > 82-year-old dictator Hosni Mubarak yesterday morning sounded like a chant of > victory. > > Emboldened by a ''day of rage'' in which they took on the state's feared > security apparatus in pitched battles across the city and won, the crowd was > in no mood for rest. > > Already having forced Mubarak to announce unprecedented democratic reforms > early yesterday, now they want to finish the job. > > ''We are so tired, so sick of this man running our country for the benefit of > his friends, while he keeps the masses poor and dumb,'' protester Magdy el > Assam said yesterday. > > Like so many other protesters, Assam has broken through the wall of fear > maintained by Mubarak over the three decades of his regime. > > ''For many years, I will have a strong memory of this day. This is a > revolution that is happening to Egypt, nothing will put us down.'' > > Scheduled to begin after midday prayers on Friday, the protests began right > on time. > > Across this metropolis of 20 million, people young and old, poor and > affluent, celebrities and unknown, they came pouring out of the mosques and > on to the streets. > > The intended destination was Tahrir (Liberation) Square in the heart of the > government district. In a matter of hours it seemed as if every road to > Tahrir was clogged with protesters shouting ''leave, leave'', ''freedom'', > and ''down with Mubarak''. The closer people got, the more intense the battle > became, with police raining tear-gas canisters on the crowds to push them > back. > > On the Kasr al-Nil and October 6 bridges it was a see-sawing battle, with > protesters surging to one side of the Nile, only to be beaten back. > > From a distance the battle had the atmosphere of a once-in-a-lifetime show > that the tourists locked in the luxury hotels that line the Nile corniche > weren't going to miss. > > Balconies and rooftops were crowded with spectators. At one hotel management > gave up trying to herd people into their rooms and welcomed them to the deck > where they put on free drinks and nibbles. > > When it finally looked as though police had the crowd under control, the > protesters gave it one more try. > > Suddenly thousands succeeded in crossing the Kasr al-Nil bridge, and broke > into Tahrir Square. > > By nightfall they were breaking through police lines from every direction. > People power had won. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ 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/
