Sunday, January 30, 2011

An Islamist Revolution?

I don't think so. Which is not to say that Islamists can't hi-jack it any time.

But how many times have I read tweets like these:
"Everybody must know that "this was not an Islamist revolution"
"In last 5 days haven't seen any major expressions of political Islam. It's not there, armchair "terrorism" experts. Move on."
"God, I've heard so much scaremongering about the Muslim Brotherhood today..."
""This is not an Islamist revolution, it's a secular democratic everyday's people revolution" @MaajidNawaz minutes ago in Al Jazeera"

This is interesting:
"BBC Arabia: Gun shots are heard from the presidential guard command center"
Not sure what that means. Is there a coup underway? Someone just tweeted:
"Mubarak gives army shoot-to-kill order"
Could that have been a "last straw"?

The crackdown continues:

"Ayman Nour: #Egyptian opposition pol,jailed by #Mubarak after he contested presidency."

"Reports that the police will retake Cairo tomorrow. Things could get ugly"

Needless to say, other nearby countries are watching closely: Syria, Yemen, Jordan and Algeria.

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