Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for 'day of rage'

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95. My estimation of positive or negative change were based on media coverage.

This was near the time that people in Wisconsin began protested moves by their GOP controlled legislature and governor. They even called Walker by the name Mubarak.

There was a sense of solidarity, as there were unions and government employees in Egypt who wanted change. I recall this poster celebrating the demonstrations:



Upon gaining majority, as you say, the paths chosen did not go where we expected. Perhaps we should have:

Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood_in_Egypt

It was not long after then that this bill was offered. One of the paths chosen:

Egyptian women protest proposed law allowing a husband to have sex w/dead wife within 6 hrs of death

Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) has appealed to the Islamist-dominated parliament not to approve two controversial laws on the minimum age of marriage and allowing a husband to have sex with his dead wife within six hours of her death according to a report in an Egyptian newspaper.

The appeal came in a message sent by Dr. Mervat al-Talawi, head of the NCW, to the Egyptian People’s Assembly Speaker, Dr. Saad al-Katatni, addressing the woes of Egyptian women, especially after the popular uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.

She was referring to two laws: one that would legalize the marriage of girls starting from the age of 14 and the other that permits a husband to have sex with his dead wife within the six hours following her death.

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/25/210198.html

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11381520

The Wikipedia entry terms their Ideology as:

Sunni Islamism
Islamic Democracy
Religious Conservatism

I'm not sure why we thought those three items would be compatible, if that is what they were about. I suspect if it was in terms we are familiar with, we might understand. These terms are not precise or inclusive, just a guess:

Fundamentalist Christianity
Christian Nationalism
Religious Conservatism

This the governmental style espoused by CPAC, the Faith and Freedom Coalition and American Family Association.

Their spokesmen and candidates include Ralph Reed, Bryan Fischer, Tim Wildmon, Karl Rove, VA governor Bob McDonnell, Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Ron and Rand Paul. CPAC had invited Haley Barbor, Donald Trump and Glenn Beck to speak but they were either unable or unwilling to attend.

What this bunch is doing to us is only one step above the worst the the MB had to offer, as we are not engaging in open warfare here, even if it's the wet dream of the conservatives. But the outcome should not be a surprise to us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Political_Action_Conference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_and_Freedom_Coalition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Family_Association