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Egyptian Police Arresting Those Who Publicly Breakfast During Ramadan
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I'm getting plenty of emails from Egyptian friends worried about this new orientation.
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20 comments:

  1. vSeptember 12, 2009 at 9:42 PM

    Perhaps it is difficult for Egypt not to do this,  seeing how the Saudis have such curry such favor from Western patrons who practice this intolerance.  Just a thought...

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  2. thankgodimatheistSeptember 12, 2009 at 10:19 PM

    There's a major shift in the area. The Saudi wahhabist 'way of life' is seducing the lunatic  fringe of the bearded variety. The govn't is playing along..

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  3. GuestSeptember 13, 2009 at 8:04 AM

    That's Islam: Submit or else.

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  4. vzaSeptember 13, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    This is not a new intolerance. Just a variation of the old.
    This article is from 1993!:

    Muslims' Fury Falls on Egypt's Christians
    <h6 class="byline">By YOUSSEF M. IBRAHIM,</h6>
    <h6 class="dateline">Published: Monday, March 15, 1993</h6>

    http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/15/world/muslims-fury-falls-on-egypt-s-christians.html

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  5. vzaSeptember 13, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    <span>This is not a new intolerance. Just a variation of the old. 
    This article is from 1993!: 
     
    Muslims' Fury Falls on Egypt's Christian</span>
    <span>By YOUSSEF M. IBRAHIM,</span>
    <span>Published: Monday, March 15, 1993
     
    http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/15/world/muslims-fury-falls-on-egypt-s-christians.html</span>

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  6. vzaSeptember 13, 2009 at 3:07 PM

    <p>Islam and heresy
    <h1>Where freedom is still at stake</h1>
    <p>Aug 6th 2009
    From The Economist print edition
    <h2>Wanted: Islam’s Voltaire</h2>



    http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14172611

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  7. vzaSeptember 13, 2009 at 3:07 PM

    <span>

    Islam and heresy 
    Where freedom is still at stake
    Aug 6th 2009 
    From The Economist print edition
    Wanted: Islam’s Voltaire
     
    http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14172611
    </span>

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  8. thankgodimatheistSeptember 13, 2009 at 3:17 PM

    You got me wrong, vza. It's now OFFICIAL.

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  9. thankgodimatheistSeptember 13, 2009 at 3:36 PM

    Another thing. Egyptian Christians(they're not all Copts BTW) are part of this fundemantalist frenzy too. 2 weeks ago a community of Copts called for the return and the killing of one female member of the community who had married a Muslim.

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  10. thankgodimatheistSeptember 13, 2009 at 3:36 PM

    <span>Another thing. The Copts themselves are part of this fundemantalist frenzy too. 2 weeks ago a community of Copts called for the return and the killing of one female member of the community who had married a Muslim.</span>

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  11. yasminSeptember 13, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    islam's heading into its dark ages.

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  12. thankgodimatheistSeptember 13, 2009 at 3:44 PM

    I used to teach in a high school. There were 5 Coptic teachers, all mnore or less relatives. We used to meet very often and talk about different things. I learned very quickly not to open the subject of religion or belief in god, that taboo!. They were as indocrinated and ultra religiously minded as one other Egyptian teacher who was from the Muslim brotherhood. Curiously enough they were close friends with him!

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  13. thankgodimatheistSeptember 13, 2009 at 4:11 PM

    Not heading Yasmin. It's already there.

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  14. vzaSeptember 13, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    Oh I know, fundamentalists of all stripes are nuts as far as I'm concerned. I work with a TEACHER who takes everything in the Bible literally! Too much.

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  15. vzaSeptember 13, 2009 at 6:53 PM

    Tgia, I have twice tried to leave comments on yasmin's post about her experience at the checkpoint.  The comments are nowwhere to be found!????

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  16. thankgodimatheistSeptember 13, 2009 at 8:15 PM

    Yes one comment of mine disappeared in a black hole too.

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  17. JoeSeptember 14, 2009 at 5:27 AM

    I thought the reason the US was so involved in the Mideast wasn't so much about oil, but rather our presence there was supposed to be like a crusade to bring those poor people up to date...But I'm confused, why are we giving this type of regime billions of dollars a year? Come to think of it, we support Saudi Arabia also...and we helped create the Taliban...even in this country any type of even moderate reform is blocked by whipping religious nuts into a frenzy...I think I'm starting to see a pattern here...

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  18. VAASeptember 14, 2009 at 5:35 AM

    I see that Joe Got it right.

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  19. VAASeptember 14, 2009 at 5:40 AM

    Democracy Joe !! Democracy ,first in Iraq and than it's a chain reaction throughout the M.E.

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  20. JoeSeptember 14, 2009 at 9:48 AM

    Ah, democracy! That must explain US policy concerning Hamas, Iran, and Venezuela.

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