Comments on: One thing in Egypt is sure – it will not be the secular liberals taking power

By: aj

aj — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:45:00 +0000

yes

By: robertcp

robertcp — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:47:00 +0000

In reply to GooZ. Thanks for the very honest response. My view is that you accept election results and try to win next time.

By: GooZ

GooZ — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:30:00 +0000

In reply to robertcp. Yes. Islsmists and others with ideologies that are directly opposed to human rights should not be allowed to govern, because what you will inevitably end up with is tyranny of the majority. The fact that they won free and fair elections is a sad reflection on the backwardness of the majority of Egypt's people, who have shown that they are not ready for democracy.

By: robertcp

robertcp — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:23:00 +0000

In reply to NT86. You are saying that Islamists should not be allowed to rule even if they win free and fair elections. Some women must have voted for them! Would you prefer a secular dictator? The liberal left in countries like Egypt need to get their act together and win elections instead of relying on military coups.

By: NT86

NT86 — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 09:01:00 +0000

Of course it won’t usher in secular liberals, duh. But let’s remind ourselves that Brotherhood and salafist supporters wanted the implementation of Sharia law and deeply conservative values to reign supreme. Of course this coup is a bad thing for Egypt’s stability, but people with backward, sectarian and savage ideologies are not the type of people to run countries where there’s minority groups, women and many others which conservative Islam looks down on.

Since the Brotherhood won the election, I was scared for the future of the Coptic community. Women themselves have documented how the Brotherhood have let them down. So there’s your democracy.

Political Islam will never be compatible with democracy.