Egypt and the Silence of Democracy

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Re: Egypt and the Silence of Democracy

@chaibiskut

^Feel free to borrow my writer. She already works for peanuts.
ps. Er, don’t rat me out. Garbling beats the system and safeguards editorial independence.

Any opinions on Morsi’s pledge to release Sheikh Abdel Rahman? I thought likening him to a political prisoner was shady. Entertaining read :

"As he began to wrap up, Morsi seemingly went off script. Pointing into the crowd, he said, “I see the family of Dr. Omar Abdel Rahman,” referring to the so-called “blind sheikh” who currently is serving a life sentence in a North Carolina prison hospital for blessing a foiled plot to blow up several New York City landmarks. “And I see the banners for civilians imprisoned on military orders, and those jailed during the course of the revolution from the beginning until now. …] It is my duty to exert every effort, from tomorrow, until all of them are free, including Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman.”

For many Egypt watchers, Morsi’s pledge was puzzling. Ask any Egyptian to recite from his country’s long list of woes, and the imprisonment of Omar Abdel Rahman is unlikely to earn a mention. In fact, for many Egyptians, Abdel Rahman is a relic of the bad old 1990s when his Islamic Group conducted attacks against tourists and Christians, prompting a brutal (and largely popular) government crackdown on militant Islamists."

Mohammed Morsi may be unpredictable new factor in Egypt’s relations with the United States and Israel. - Slate Magazine

Are you Egyptian?