Democracy In Egypt :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by Clifford Ishii (United States), Feb 4, 2011 at 20:00

Democracy carries with it a great deal of responsibilities, and right now I do not think the Egyptians are up to it.

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	Islamic countries should stop calling themselves Islamic [519 words]	Prashant	Jan 20, 2017 00:40	235590
	Mincor correction in my message above [128 words]	Prashant	Jan 21, 2017 01:07	235590
1	Egypt is the canary in the gold mine [124 words]	Stas	Jan 20, 2013 04:37	202681
	Secular anything is better than a theocracy [185 words]	Prashant	Jan 22, 2017 15:05	202681
1	Good points [134 words]	Peter Herz	Feb 11, 2011 19:38	182555
1	hmmm, i think ive seen that sword logo before [31 words]	gem	Feb 11, 2011 19:02	182551
1	Islam and the Future of Planet Earth [14 words]	Morgan	Feb 11, 2011 15:58	182546
4	About Democracy in Egypt [739 words]	Rafi Laufert	Feb 11, 2011 07:25	182539
	Why Egyot will not soon become democratic [174 words]	sufi imdad ali soomro	Feb 10, 2011 23:37	182523
	Treaty [39 words]	Barry Black	Feb 6, 2011 16:35	182370
	Ptolomeu and Egyptians [80 words]	Breno Lima	Feb 6, 2011 14:13	182368
1	Egypt's status: More of the same or just about [309 words]	JACQUES HADIDA	Feb 6, 2011 13:41	182365
5	The Muslim brotherhood flag/logo revisited [122 words]	dhimmi no more	Feb 6, 2011 09:26	182360
3	Illusion and desillusion [123 words]	Gabriel Ange	Feb 6, 2011 06:55	182357
1	Illusion and disillusion [291 words]	Gabriel Ange	Feb 7, 2011 05:23	182357
2	Democracy in Egypt? No chance [78 words]	dhimmi no more	Feb 6, 2011 06:26	182355
	"Commonality of Values" [43 words]	Aminu Adamu Bello	Feb 6, 2011 03:52	182353
1	prospects of democracy in egypt [162 words]	prakash khatiwala	Feb 6, 2011 02:23	182352
1	No chance for democracy [17 words]	Sylvia S.	Feb 5, 2011 16:22	182334
1	Look at History [167 words]	Africon	Feb 5, 2011 15:19	182333
	Egypt [12 words]	Jon Puriznahsky	Feb 5, 2011 13:58	182326
4	no democracy without religious freedom [103 words]	alan glaser	Feb 5, 2011 13:31	182322
	Democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan, but not Egypt? [29 words]	Skeptic	Feb 5, 2011 12:14	182319
	A sense of right and justice [95 words]	Paula Clare Yates	Feb 5, 2011 07:18	182311
1	Election troubles? What troubles? [76 words]	Ugri	Feb 5, 2011 03:43	182306
	Muslim Paranoia - Why Egypts will not advance to democracy anytime soon [113 words]	David MacKAY	Feb 5, 2011 02:01	182305
	Pipes makes sense - where in history have we seen anything different - even the American revolution wasn't a rush job. [106 words]	Dallas	Feb 5, 2011 01:45	182304
1	Requirements for democracy in Egypt [74 words]	yonatan silverman	Feb 5, 2011 00:00	182302
	Hosni Mubarak [49 words]	seadog4227	Feb 4, 2011 22:09	182295
	Fear Not [86 words]	Barry Black	Feb 4, 2011 20:37	182291
2	Mr Pipes is hopefully wrong [256 words]	Devils advocate	Feb 4, 2011 18:23	182284
	To Devils advocate [107 words]	John in Michigan, USA	Feb 4, 2011 22:41	182284
4	Democracy starts in the womb. [178 words]	batya dagan	Feb 4, 2011 17:54	182283
	Democracy and Theocracy [24 words]	M. Moussa	Feb 9, 2011 07:41	182283
	Hello Moussa [85 words]	batya dagan	Feb 10, 2011 22:06	182283
4	free egypt [243 words]	havas	Feb 4, 2011 17:29	182280
1	Democracy In Egypt [22 words]	Clifford Ishii	Feb 4, 2011 20:00	182280
	Egypt not soon Democratic [9 words]	Victoria Conroy	Feb 4, 2011 17:04	182279
	Interpreting a poll of Egyptians [338 words]	John in Michigan, USA	Feb 4, 2011 15:12	182277
	The Ikhwan May Well Come to Power [71 words]	James	Feb 4, 2011 15:03	182276
2	Democracy in Egypt [32 words]	Ace	Feb 4, 2011 13:01	182271
	on target [53 words]	Howard Brown	Feb 4, 2011 12:33	182270
	And if there is a vote, hopefully not :One person, one vote, one time." [115 words]	Edmund Onward James	Feb 4, 2011 11:25	182267