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The Muslim Brotherhood is suggesting that they can step in and transform the Egyptian government into a stable country under a form of Islamic Socialism and they are providing support to the student protestors and youths that are filling the streets.
Hardcherry of Blogoncherry points out a link between this system and communism: A number of Orientalists alsobelieve that there is a relationship between Islamic economics and communism, such as the idea of riba and zakat.
The emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood to establish a government run not by democracy but by Islamic control has taken a couple of twists.
First, the Islamic Brotherhood is interlinked with the terrorist group Hamas, since Hamas actually grew out of the Islamic Brotherhood.
Second, socialist supporters are providing world-wide support in terms of protests (i.e. the recent pro-Egyptian-people, not pro-Egyptian-government, protests in the United States), socialist web sites and signs with socialist URLs being carried by some Egyptian protesters.
There's not been reports yet of AKP offices being stormed or their members being killed, but what the Turkish and Egyptian secular movements do have in common are lurking not very far in the background: secular, Western-facing, authoritarians - the kind who have been the region's biggest oppressors and the main facilitators of outside access and exploitation. Without a unifying vision or organisational structures of some kind, the vibrant youthful energy that drives these uprisings and which we celebrate will dissipate and these old guard forces will take the lead of the opposition block once more.
it is no surprise to me that communist and socialist provocateurs would eventually attempt to establish a beachhead there
Originally posted by JBA2848
reply to post by Danbones
So do you think we should look into any Turkish Professor in California as the next President of Turkey? The President of Egypt came straight from California as a Professor. His family is still there.
Originally posted by CB328
it is no surprise to me that communist and socialist provocateurs would eventually attempt to establish a beachhead there
It couldn't possibly be that the people there are unhappy with their government??
Originally posted by CB328
It couldn't possibly be that the people there are unhappy with their government??