MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
By "GVF" (writer from the Iranian Green Voice of Freedom website),
Eurasia Review and Analysis, February 5, 2011:
Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, have rejected calls by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for an Islamic Revolution similar to the Iranian revolution of 1979 to be established in Egypt.
“The MB regards the revolution as the Egyptian People’s Revolution not an Islamic Revolution” said a statement published on the Muslim Brotherhood’s official website just hours after Khamenei’s remarks on Friday, while “asserting that the Egyptian People’s Revolution includes Muslims, Christians, from all sects and political.”....
Also see:
Karroubi & Mousavi demand authorisation for rallies in support of Arab uprisings
By "GVF," Green Voice of Freedom, February 6, 2011:
....In a joint letter, the leaders of Iran's opposition Green Movement, Mahdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi have officially asked Ahmadinejad's Interior Ministry to grant authorisation for a march in support of the people's uprising against dictatorship in Egypt and Tunisia.....
Comments
As someone who doesn't follow the MSM very much, does anyone have a feel for the likelihood that they'll disseminate this message?
by Verified Atheist on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:01pm
It's out there. For one quick example:
But Iran is really pushing it, pushing their alternative universe propaganda. This is Iranian state media:
Also, it's probably wise to keep in mind that the Muslim Brotherhood itself is factional, with the less conservative youth more likely to be the ones who are updating their website. And also it's probably wise to keep in mind that there is a difference between things like wanting civil law to reflect sharia law and wanting clerics to be part of government. And in the case of the latter, some westerners might not agree that there is a difference, where what you refer to "MSM" trying to explain that kind of nuance is a lost cause.
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 3:53pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 3:03pm
One thing people allegedly worried about a new govt. "imposing" sharia don't seem to realize: the Egyptian constitution already declares sharia to be the basis of the country's laws. If I'm not mistaken, that amendment was enacted by the Mubarak regime in 2005 or 2007.
by acanuck on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 3:34pm
Ian Buruma:
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 5:04pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:40pm