Requirements for democracy in Egypt :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by yonatan silverman (Israel), Feb 5, 2011 at 00:00

Your list of pre-requisites for democracy to flourish in a society is right on the money. However Egypt is a Muslim society. The majority there are adherents of Islam and Islam is by character anti-democratic and anti-humanitarian. Democracy in Egypt as in any Islamic society is like hashish a pipe dream

So what compels Obama to be hysterical and push our loyal friend Mubarak over the proverbial cliff? Israel is particularly angry about this

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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
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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
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4	no democracy without religious freedom [103 words]	alan glaser	Feb 5, 2011 13:31	182322
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	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
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	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
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	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