We continue to hear how The Arab Summer will transform the middle-east and how the people are finally standing for their rights and democracy.
Who would not stand for freedom. In fact, we were raised in a country that stands for freedom. But do all people even understand freedom. In the entire history of the earth on 5% of people have ever lived in freedom and half of those are living today. So some people may define freedom a bit differently than you or I.
Their freedom may mean the freedom to elect a system that would impose rules that you might find shocking. They may in fact find themselves in a less free state after acquiring their freedom because they have never known freedom. This alone makes it easier for them to be manipulated through a deeper emotion and in the middle-east that is Islam for these are predominantly Muslim dissidents.
This is how the Arab Spring and democracy can and are working to the benefit of the Muslim Brotherhood, the most organized political group, spanning 80 countries.
So is the Internet and Western Culture enough to educate over two thousand years of history and indoctrination and what exactly would the Muslim Brotherhood like to see put in place.
Even the freedoms–what are they? Among the freedoms inherent in the democratic system are freedom for women, freedom of ownership, freedom of homosexuality, personal freedom, freedom of conscience and expression, freedom to disbelieve in the Creator of Heaven and Earth. There’s mixing (of men and women), usury–all of this is in democracy, which is why I condemn it.
Yeah, I’m willing to bet that’s not quite the way you view democracy and freedom.
In a June 8, 2011 interview with the Egyptian daily Al-Shorouq, Dr. Kamal Al-Helbawy, former Muslim Brotherhood spokesman in the West, called upon the Arab youth to launch a new revolution that would eliminate the borders drawn by imperialist nations and bring about the establishment of a global Islamic state – “called ‘The United States of Islam.'” According to Al-Helbawy, the Muslim Brotherhood is active in approximately 80 countries and strives to realize the dream of becoming a global organization.
“Is There a Party That Suffered More and Had More Of Its Members Arrested By the Mubarak Regime” Than the Muslim Brotherhood?
“A:Statements made by movement officials before the Shura Council convened are not considered official decisions… The movement announced this [high] percentage so that it could win 30-35 percent of the seats. There is a formal difference between an opinion and a decision.
“A: If the Muslim Brotherhood violated an agreement it made [to unite with other parties], it was a mistake, but if there was dialogue that did not result in a clear decision, it is their right to make their own decisions.
“Allow me to ask: Is there a party that suffered more and had more of its members arrested by the Mubarak regime? It is no shame that it is the most organized force on the streets. Everyone is talking about it, in [Egypt] and abroad, even though the Muslim Brotherhood was outlawed.
“A: I grew distant from the movement’s leadership in 1997, and turned to intellectual activity and research. To the best of my knowledge, the movement has not dismissed me thus far.
“I believe that anyone over the age of 65 should resign from their organizational position in the movement, and take to the streets to educate the people [as I did].
“Such an organization is a dream for the Muslim Brotherhood, a dream that was murdered in the name of [Mubarak’s] corruption and tyranny, when he banned [Brotherhood members] from traveling and holding meetings.
“Here I must ask bluntly: Why did Israel say that Mubarak is a strategic treasure? Because his crimes act as a barrier against the resistance and the Muslim Brotherhood. In this atmosphere, it was hard to manage a global organization. Today, there is great hope that we can realize [this goal], since we witnessed the opening of the Muslim Brotherhood’s new headquarters, attended by Brotherhood [activists] from all countries.
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 Al-Shorouq (Egypt), June 8, 2011.