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Why Islam Is Incompatible With Democracy
February 8, 2011
MIM: In his insightful op ed piece "Egypt: Is it the People's Fault?" on the Israel National News website, author Daniel Greenfield explains why Islam is incompatible with democracy and why a takeover by Islamists in Egypt is the likely outcome of the present unrest.
Excerpt:
"Mubarak is one of the last of the Janissaries, the Western trained army officers who seized power across the Arab world in order to implement some twisted semblance of a modern system of government. When the army's grip on power fails, then Egypt will fall even further. The loss of power by the Turkish military meant a descent into Islamism and terrorism. It will mean the same thing in Egypt.
A people who do not believe in the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will not be free no matter how many times they go to the polls. You can place voting booths outside every home and run elections every week, and it will still do no good. Freedom may be the birthright of every man, woman and child on earth-- but it cannot be theirs until they claim it. As long as they believe in the right of the majority to oppress the minority, in the value of order over liberty, and the supremacy of the mosque over any and all civil and legal rights-- then they will never be free. Never. Their elections will either give rise to chaos or tyranny. That is how it is in the Middle East. That is how it will always be until they claim their birthright by closing the Koran and opening their minds." http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/9978
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