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July 1, 2012

Chock Full o'Crock

What a load of crock, although we'd expect nothing less from The New York Times and its affiliates.

“As Egypt's first civilian President and the first Islamist elected to lead an Arab state, Mr. Mursi, of the Muslim Brotherhood, has vowed to fulfil the goals of the revolution by building the institutions of democracy on a foundation of Islamic principles,” writes the Times, regurgitating Mr. Morsi’s blatherings (see below).

No, like, seriously?!  How does one build a democracy on the foundations of Islamic principles? Ever see a free and democratic Islamic state? To start with, at least 50% of the population in Islamic states (i.e., women) are treated as chattel. Apostates and infidels (i.e., non-Muslims or those who’ve converted to another religion  or don't practice the form of Islam prescribed by the ruling regime) are marked for death or subjugation.

As for “Islamic principles,” well, let’s just say we’ve gotten a taste of those (e.g., on 9/11 and in our encounters with al Qaeda, the Taliban, et al) and they ain’t too appealing, to say the least. Are these the principles, not to mention people that Mr. Morsi & co. plan on embracing?

Sure looks like it. See Mr. Morsi’s pledge to work for the release of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman (aka the "Blind Sheikh"), the Egyptian-born Islamist convicted after the 1993 World Trade Center attack of plotting to bomb several New York City landmarks. Wanna know more about good ole Sheik Rahman? Read this post by the guy who prosecuted him, i.e., Andrew C. McCarthy.

As we said when the Arab Spring first sprung, and later when Mr. Morsi was democratically elected, get ready to rumble, folks, ‘cause we’re in for a very bumpy ride.

The New York Times  |  July 1, 2012

Mursi Proclaims 'A Message of Peace' For Egypt

By David Kirkpatrick

Egypt's Mohammed Mursi.jpg
Egyptian President-elect Mohammed Morsi (photo credit: AP Photo/Fredrik Persson) Courtesy: washingtonpost.com

CAIRO: The inauguration of Egypt's first democratically elected President signals a new stage in an ever murkier struggle to define the future of the nation after six decades of military-backed autocracy.

Proclaiming ''a new Egypt, the second republic,'' Mohammed Mursi declared, ''Today the Egyptian people have established a new life, with real freedom and real democracy.''

As Egypt's first civilian President and the first Islamist elected to lead an Arab state, Mr Mursi, of the Muslim Brotherhood, has vowed to fulfil the goals of the revolution by building the institutions of democracy on a foundation of Islamic principles.

But he must first wrest power from the generals who have ruled Egypt since the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak. Although they trumpeted their handover on Saturday, they have taken only a small step behind the scenes to accommodate Mr Mursi's election.

His swearing-in ceremony was redolent with tension. Mr Mursi, against his wishes, took the oath before a court of Mubarak-appointed judges; he had vowed to swear in before the democratically elected and Islamist-led parliament, but the generals dissolved it on the eve of his election under the pretext of a ruling from the very same court.

In his remarks after taking the oath, Mr Mursi pushed back at the judges' role in the dissolution of parliament, referring to the separation of powers. ''I respect the judiciary and the legislature and I will work to keep them independent from each other and from presidential power,'' he said. ''The judicial power, the executive power, the legislative power - we will all go forward together.''

Mr Mursi pre-empted the generals' planned inauguration by reciting his oath a day earlier in a televised speech before a crowd that filled Tahrir Square.

He proclaimed ''a message of peace as well as a message of righteousness and justice''.

Original article here.


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