http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4565411.stm
"In recent months, protesters have taken to the streets in a way not seen in Egypt for decades.
Men and women calling for Mr Mubarak to step down dare to make their demands in public demonstrations. Many protesters have been arrested, because under emergency law, the right to demonstrate is severely restricted.
The change in mood came last year with the emergence of the Kifaya movement, an umbrella organisation that brings together secularists and Islamists.
Kifaya, which means "enough" in Arabic, is a short and pithy way of expressing the resentment and desire for change its members feel, but it is not yet the political mass movement it aspires to be."
"Deputy leader Mohammad al-Sayyed Habeeb denies any contradiction between democracy and the application of Islamic Sharia law, which the group is calling for.
"We believe in democracy and political pluralism," Mr Habeeb tells me at the group's office in Cairo."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4565411.stm
-Have you heard about this Kifaya movement ?
-Do you think Sharia-law and democracy are compatible ?
-Would you consider it a good development if this Kifaya movement would gain popularity and political strength in Egypt?
Originally posted by ivanhoeOnly one problem Joe.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4565411.stm
"In recent months, protesters have taken to the streets in a way not seen in Egypt for decades.
Men and women calling for Mr Mubarak to step down dare to make their demands in public demonstrations. Many protesters have been arrested, because under emergency law, the right to demonstrate is severel ...[text shortened]... good development if this Kifaya movement would gain popularity and political strength in Egypt?
It is a movement sponsored by the Brotherhood Of Islam.
It is THE movement designed to return Egypt to the seventh century.
So. A true dilema. Is revolution always good? What if it is bent on destroying civilization and returning the people to the rule of the Kaliph?
What do you think? Good idea? So we are again faced with a dilema. A stupid dictator? Or a return to the seventh century?
I say... Nuke em' all! (just kidding).
Mike