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Egyptian Fairy Tale Posted 04/27/2011 06:54 PM ET Islamofascism: The media sold the Cairo riots as the birth pangs of "democracy" in the Mideast. Egyptians yearn for our style of "freedom," we were told. But a new survey of their attitudes shreds that story line. According to the Pew Research Center, 89% of Egyptians say a post-Mubarak government "should follow the values and principles of Islam." And 62% want laws to enforce Shariah - the barbaric legal code practiced in much of the Mideast. This may come as quite a jolt to the romantics in the Western press who expected liberalism to flower from Tahrir Square. But we're not the least surprised. Pew's poll - based on 1,000 face-to-face interviews with Egyptian adults in April - merely confirms a similar one last spring. As we noted during the riots, Pew found that 84% favor the death penalty for people who leave the Muslim faith; 82% support stoning adulterers; and 77% think thieves should have their hands cut off. Pew didn't ask such questions this time around. But it did ask what Egyptians thought of the U.S. and Israel. Despite the Obama administration's support for their uprising and the media's glorification of it (while enduring beatings and even gang rapes), nearly 8 in 10 Egyptians still hate us. Egyptian views on Israel are starker: A solid majority wants to return to war footing against the Jewish nation. By 54% to 36%, Egyptians say a new government should tear up the peace treaty with Israel. So who do they like? Fully 75% of Egyptians expressed a favorable view of the radical Muslim Brotherhood. The well-organized Brotherhood, previously outlawed by Mubarak, is in the best position to take advantage of the prevailing sentiment recorded by Pew. Running under the newly formed "Freedom and Justice" party, the Brotherhood seeks to replace the old regime in this September's elections and instate Islamic law. Its platform bars women and Christians from the presidency. It also establishes a board of Muslim clerics (read: mullahs) to oversee the government. Earlier this month, Brotherhood officials called for the creation of a virtue police to crack down on "those who commit immoral acts." It's aimed largely at women who refuse to cover their heads in public. Pew found that gender equality and religious freedom aren't top priorities for Egyptians. Only a third think it's important for women to have the same rights as men or for Coptic Christians to practice their faith freely. Since Mubarak's ouster, churches in Egypt have been firebombed, and Christians slaughtered in the street. All those pundits and politicians who cheered on the rioters against the secular, pro-American Mubarak should have been more careful of what they wished for. The Pew poll confirms that Egyptians were revolting against Western-style democracy. If so, we may face another Mideast regime violently at odds with U.S. policy. <http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/570407/201104271854/Egypti an-Fairy-Tale.htm> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
