How will Egypt end up?

[pscot]

Poll question: How will Egypt end up?

[sharesunited]

1. The People are cowed by religious social pressure.

Against their better judgment and rational minds, they turn everything over to mystics.

[pinto]

5. These protests seem motivated by economic / political issues primarily.

I'm not seeing a large religious background to any of it. :shrug:

[polly7]

7. I don't believe religion has anything to do with it.

Basic freedom and simple rights, food-shortages, extreme poverty, sham elections, police brutality, a decades-old 'state of emergency that's allowed Mubarak's gov't to suspend regular laws, torture, ... these transcend religion.


"Egypt's population of some 80 million is growing by 2 percent a year. Two thirds of the population is under 30, and that age group accounts for 90 percent of the jobless. About 40 percent live on less than $2 a day, and a third are illiterate."

http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=69045


oops ... sorry, almost forgot the link to the best video of the week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvBJMzmSZI

[sharesunited]

9. That would be wonderful! But alas, being a good muslim is going to rule the day.

Taking bets.

[polly7]

10. Good Christians guarded the good Muslims so they could pray

in safety ..... now that was wonderful!

[Turborama]

15. Did you create that screenshot & transcript?

If so, great job! :fistbump:

Edited to add link to the OP: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x548171

[polly7]

16. Oh thanks! I just did the screenshot, the text was already in the video.

Thank you for posting it earlier on ..... I couldn't remember who did, or find it here tonight but remembered 'most amazing' to look it up. It's very powerful.

[Turborama]

17. They've added the text just recently, then

Damnit! I watched it to have a look and am in tears. Again. :cry: :grouphug:

[Voice for Peace]

2. I'm voting for hopeful outcome.

[JVS]

3. Like another Iran. Which isn't necessarily the worst thing ever.

[flamingdem]

4. I voted some other outcome due to reports that the US is supporting a young Egyptian leader

and has been for a while..

[underpants]

6. Military

[Quantess]

8. Unless the military break ranks.

The riot police already seem to be halfhearted in fighting the crowds.

[uppityperson]

11. Other, at this point it could go a lot of different ways, will be interesting to see

what happens.

I don't understand this need to predict what will happen here. Most of us have no effect, but many want to predict. It is just me, I imagine, but I don't get it.

[On the Road]

12. I Know a Medical Resident from Egypt

whose father is a heart surgeon in Giza. He feels that Mubarak will absolutely hang on because he is an old military man and controls the army.

[NuclearDem]

13. HOPE for parliamentary democracy...

Still don't see the Egyptian people tolerating any more of Mubarak, nor do I see the military taking over, and I really don't think the Egyptians want an Islamic state, despite the hotbed of fundies in Egypt.

Don't see a real parliamentary democracy coming anytime soon though either...

[Turborama]

14. The term Mullah is seldom used in Arabic-speaking areas

The term is seldom used in Arabic-speaking areas, where its nearest equivalent is shaykh (implying formal Islamic training), imam (prayer leader; not to be confused with the Imams of the Shiite world), or `ālim (plural `ūlamā') (scholar; see ulema). In the Sunni world, the concept of "cleric" is of limited usefulness, as authority in the religious system is relatively decentralized.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullah#Usage