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Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by Kanwulia: 5:44am On Aug 15, 2013
The price of DEMOCRACY!!!
NEVER to be experienced in AFRICA!!!!!
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by ihimami: 6:59am On Aug 15, 2013
NJlapto1:

They made a mistake huh? And thats why the Army can now eject the president because a batch of egyptians realised they made a mistake?...and then Morsi's supporters should all be tagged as terrorist and eliminated huh?

You know what maybe we should do that in Nigeria.
Jonathan was and is still a Mistake so lets have the Military boot him out and eliminate all supporters of his Retarded and Corrupt administration of incompetancy thats not improving the economy or the lives of any common man.

And i wont even bother to say anything about the crap you posted at the end.


You should know by now how hypocritical some of us are in Nigeria, and as far as they are concerned the name Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is what they don't like to hear even though majority of Egyptians voted for them. Should Nigeria Military sacked this corrupt Jonathan gov't you see them calling for the break up of the country.
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by Babaek: 7:01am On Aug 15, 2013
pDude:


cry cry cry cry cry cry cry

You just swore for Nigeria. Na so you hate naija reach? cheesy cheesy cheesy

Considering that Nigeria is 10 times worse than Egypt.
Please how is Nigeria 10 times worse than Egypt? Can you explain plz?
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by afiya123(f): 7:17am On Aug 15, 2013
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Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by true2god: 7:30am On Aug 15, 2013
Msgamble: The pro-morsi protester are terrorist who are armed with weapons with sole aim of establishing an islamic state, that is morsi goal b4 been nabbed by army boys..when will arab(muslim) world know peace? From afghan to iraq to tunisia to egypt,yemen,bahrain to syria..blood flowing lyk oceans..let pray 4 our xtain bro among 4 their safety,e no easy to dwell with bad n terrible ppl
The western powers are behind the military. All their condemnations of the crack-down amounts to hypocrisy.


The fact is that no western power wants a govt with an extreme islamic ideology, it's a secirity risk to the west. I support the military here cos Egypt should not have another Taliban-like govt, or another Ayatollah Khomeni.


Even Israel is not confortable with Morsi's recent international policies that affect their interest.
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by biafranqueen: 7:46am On Aug 15, 2013
1 shortblackboy: how will civil unrest benefit us ? take a look at all the so called arab spring countries they are still wallowing in anarchy till now. violence only begats violence. if u want change let it be constitutional go to the polls and vote the right people and don't let tribal and religious sentiment influence ur decision... I don talk
I say we start with economic war,refuse to buy from foreign stores and foreign products only local products we buy and support until things change for the masses. Now the corporations will pressure leaders to do the right thing by the people. No foreign imported proud products should be bought for 2 months.myounsee see our power without shedding one drop of blood!
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by ocelot2006(m): 8:17am On Aug 15, 2013
eddiebruk: Exactly what Nigeria Needs

exactly what Nigeria needs? A country in chaos? Have you gone loco? Why don't you lead the way?
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by Godwinsilas(m): 8:23am On Aug 15, 2013
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by ocelot2006(m): 8:26am On Aug 15, 2013
Afam4eva: If Nigerians can have half the heart that these Egyptians have, things would have changed for the better.

Riiiight. ...tell me, how has the revolution worked out for the Arab countries. Egypt is in total chaos, Tunisia (pointzero) is in a total economic mess with daily ongoing protests, different rebel factions fight for control of Libya (oh, don't forget that a Us ambassador was murdered there with the embassy totally ransacked), the Bahrain monarchy crushed their own protest, and Syria's currently dealing with a full blown civil war that has raged on for a few years now. Talk about "progress".
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by ocelot2006(m): 8:30am On Aug 15, 2013
rash47:
Just like syria,egypt is descending in to civil war. So unfortunate for the arab world and their ossified pattern of politics which is responsible for all dis arm rebellion.

My fears that Egypt may descend into the same bloody chaos Algeria faced years against Islamic groups like GIA years ago.
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by Sanusi0301(m): 8:31am On Aug 15, 2013
May almighty mediate the grievances among all parties involved
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by vedaxcool(m): 8:36am On Aug 15, 2013
The military simply gunning down their only real opponents, Egypt is back to the era of mubarak, corruption and cronism
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by ocelot2006(m): 8:37am On Aug 15, 2013
eddiebruk:

My friend will you sharrap you blouse sized mouth, I.diot.....it is lazy urchins like you that get rapedd and deprived of being more better than what you ought to be...because of fear of death and the struggle for betterness, all you know how to do is to condemn the Government online with words without actions, what you are seeing is clearly what Africa stood for since the early days of slavery but Nigeria has because of its foolishness and foul mouth without action to remain where it is....You dare not embezzle funds in Egypt like you do in Nigeria, you better go and school your lousy brains rather than come here to open your mouth to pour out rubbish, Animals like yourself dont know what Justice/Equality means all you can understand about certain situation is cheap Propaganda

who told you Egypt's some utopian country free of corruption. If things are so good right there and so bad over here, how come our "shabby" economy exceeds theirs and is one of the fastest growing in Africa and the world? and if life was so good for the citizens of Egypt, how come they're out on the streets killing themselves? learn to appreciate your country Nigeria.
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by Vado(m): 8:41am On Aug 15, 2013
khel: For those clamoring for the same thing to happen in Nigeria, the post indicated loss of lives from confrontation with the military!!! Who is ready to give up his or her life for 9ja?


You give up yourself for an entity you passionately love & believe in. Nigeria is a forced union so we can never protest anything from all corners of the country with one voice. Everybody is igbo/yoruba/hausa/ fulani first before any other thing and each will always protect a sitting president no matter how terrible he is as long as he's from their region (sad but true). It's only policies that have direct financial impacts on nigerians such as the fuel subsidy that can make us parley. If it's not about money, nigerians don't risk their lives or give a 4k about what they don't believe in.

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Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by Delafruita(m): 8:46am On Aug 15, 2013
Valiantvaliant: To the poster above me: I dont want to say you are a foool but you are really not wise.

back to topic: PHAROAH MOHAMMED MORSI &CO,
LET MY PEOPLE GO
whether you like it or not,Morsi is the democratically elected president of egypt.the united states and allies have found a way to get morsi out and now the backlash is more than they can control.even if morsi was a tyrant which he wasn't,the reality is that he was elected with 51% of the votes and is the first democratically elected president of egypt. the military was threatened that its power base was collapsing.people fail to realise that the military controls the egyptian economy.they receive over 2billion dollars in aid from america all because america wants a government that will keep favouring isreal
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by funshint(m): 8:55am On Aug 15, 2013
NJlapto1:

They made a mistake huh? And thats why the Army can now eject the president because a batch of egyptians realised they made a mistake?...and then Morsi's supporters should all be tagged as terrorist and eliminated huh?

You know what maybe we should do that in Nigeria.
Jonathan was and is still a Mistake so lets have the Military boot him out and eliminate all supporters of his Retarded and Corrupt administration of incompetancy thats not improving the economy or the lives of any common man.

And i wont even bother to say anything about the crap you posted at the end.
ihimami:


You should know by now how hypocritical some of us are in Nigeria, and as far as they are concerned the name Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is what they don't like to hear even though majority of Egyptians voted for them. Should Nigeria Military sacked this corrupt Jonathan gov't you see them calling for the break up of the country.
NJlapto1:

They made a mistake huh? And thats why the Army can now eject the president because a batch of egyptians realised they made a mistake?...and then Morsi's supporters should all be tagged as terrorist and eliminated huh?

You know what maybe we should do that in Nigeria.
Jonathan was and is still a Mistake so lets have the Military boot him out and eliminate all supporters of his Retarded and Corrupt administration of incompetancy thats not improving the economy or the lives of any common man.

And i wont even bother to say anything about the crap you posted at the end.
If it wasn't a mistake; then how do you explain the second round of demonstrations and protests that took place around Egypt especially at the Tahrir square which serves a symbolic place of true Egyptian revolution?! Look here get dis simple fact about Egypt; any demonstration that doesn't tk place @ Tahrir square is not a popular demonstration take it or leave it. And besides who told U̶̲̥̅̊ that democracy is the best system of government?! This has been proved wrong down history lane especially in Asia. Why can't US force down democracy on UK or SaudiArabia?! I've now realised that the US is inconsistent and confused about there international policies. Take Libya as an example Gadaffi has finally been vindicated; what U̶̲̥̅̊ nw hv in place there is terrorists in power; the US nw has paid dearly 4 dat with their ambassador that was assassinated and yet the present govt in Libya has refused to investigate the incident despite them fully knowing those who are responsible 4 d attack. Iraq and Afghanistan is another example the country is in total shambles after the democracy that was sold to them by the US. In essence it is time for US to start respecting the sovereignty of every country. Democracy doesn't connote legitimacy e.g Nigeria or Zimbabwe where the highest bidder wins election. The ultimate truth is that democracy cannot work everywhere around the world; every country has to fashion out the best system of government that best suites its need. And lastly the US should stop inciting more violence in Egypt with the kind of public display of support for the MB. These people are murderers and terrorists there history confirms that. Even their mere picture and mode of dressing is enough to convince anybody that these people are not truly fighting for democracy but they are just a group of extremists fighting for nothing but a religious course. My 2cents!
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by seyi42k(m): 9:08am On Aug 15, 2013
ocelot2006:

Riiiight. ...tell me, how has the revolution worked out for the Arab countries. Egypt is in total chaos, Tunisia (pointzero) is in a total economic mess with daily ongoing protests, different rebel factions fight for control of Libya (oh, don't forget that a Us ambassador was murdered there with the embassy totally ransacked), the Bahrain monarchy crushed their own protest, and Syria's currently dealing with a full blown civil war that has raged on for a few years now. Talk about "progress".

Don't be intellectually dishonest.

You love or will love to go to France or the US but have conveniently forgotten the people that have died in their revolution or war.

Throughout history, how many countries can lay claim to being great without first having to wrestle power from a few who would have them in chains.

You mention Bahrain, one would have thought that an oil rich country will be at peace. You see, human nature is the same everywhere. What the Egyptians are fighting for is not for now or the next 10 years, it is for 100 years to come.

When I see a black football star being worshipped by whites, do you know who I always remember? Martin Luther King. Do you know how many other blacks also died in his silent revolution?

You say that Nigerians should not revolt, I totally agree with you and other posters but do be deceived into thinking it has not started cue MEND, OPC, BOKOHARAM, MASSOB, JAMB etc. Then add kidnappings and piracy.

What is happening in Egypt is a result for faulty leadership that plagues most African country. The west and some parts of Asia had witnessed this in the past, fought it, conquered it to an extent and has moved on.

If you think this will not happen in this country with the way we are going, you might be in for a shock. Nigeria is already at war with itself and it is only a matter of time before we explode or implode.

Do I wish for it? NO
Do I look forward to it? NO
Do I want to fight in it? NO

BUT do I wish that my progenies or descendant grapple with the same problems I am grappling with now? NO

Therefore, I am, like a lot of people in a quandry. Still undecided about how we will rescue this country. Still praying that God send a leader but secretly wishing that God should not pick him/her to be the Martin Luther for Nigeria who might end up losing his life and yet wishing that if he/she his picked, that God give him/her the strength to see it through.

My heart goes out to the people of Egypt.
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by Usman212s: 9:18am On Aug 15, 2013
Rawdeal: Igbo people should come back home. Egypt is not no man's land o biko nu.
greedy and heartless set of people..... Don't you have other Nigerian tribes @ heart ?
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by seyi42k(m): 9:27am On Aug 15, 2013
Delafruita:
whether you like it or not,Morsi is the democratically elected president of egypt.the united states and allies have found a way to get morsi out and now the backlash is more than they can control.even if morsi was a tyrant which he wasn't,the reality is that he was elected with 51% of the votes and is the first democratically elected president of egypt. the military was threatened that its power base was collapsing.people fail to realise that the military controls the egyptian economy.they receive over 2billion dollars in aid from america all because america wants a government that will keep favouring isreal

Stop repeating this. Democratically elected or not, democratic dictatorship is the worst of all.

Mugabe is "democratically elected"
Paul Biya is "democratically elected"
Yoweri Museveni "democratically elected"

At what point does democracy stop being democracy. If he had being wise, he would have lead Egypt on a new path yet he started making the same mistakes that his predecessor made.

The same thing that Obj did and now he is saying that Nigeria is cursed because "new generation" of "leaders" have failed this country.

The very same Obj who gave up Bakassi peninsula so that the west would overlook is 3rd term bid. A 3rd term bid that would have set the same precedent experienced in the likes of Cameroon.

The same Obj that fousted uopn this country an sick president and an inept deputy. He is now an ardent critic of his handiwork.

Lets stop being political philosophers and start being realist. Morsi would have set Egypt on a path divegent from its core character. He would have made Egypt into an haven for terrorist.

You talk about the west not criticizing, has Saudi Arabia and other peaceful Middle eastern country come out to criticize?

Anyway, we will see how this will end. It is just that other nations with similar issues as we have are burning up, that should be a grave warning to us.

A grave warning indeed
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by gameboy727(m): 9:37am On Aug 15, 2013
(Singing in Eminem's voice) 'be careful what you wish for, cause you might just get it and if you get it then you would not know what to do with it and it might just come back on you ten folds.' . . . . . .
Revolution my b.u.t.t. Make una go house go sleep jawe. Enjoy life, die and go meet God. Life is too short to fight
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by seyi42k(m): 9:39am On Aug 15, 2013
ocelot2006:

who told you Egypt's some utopian country free of corruption. If things are so good right there and so bad over here, how come our "shabby" economy exceeds theirs and is one of the fastest growing in Africa and the world? and if life was so good for the citizens of Egypt, how come they're out on the streets killing themselves? learn to appreciate your country Nigeria.

They are not utopian, yet they are far better than we. They may be war, but they still have power supply. Can you say the same for us?

You keep people keep repeating fastest growing nonsense, even a mad man keeps growing in levels of insanity. What has our growth turned into. Has it increased manufacturing? Has exports increased, especially Non-oil exports? Has education improved?

You are cynical about another's country's fight for independence of its soul, yet are praying to God that our country improve. Well we are a long way from where we are expected to be.

You ask why they are fighting if life was so good. They are fighting because life can be better. They believe they have wallowed in mediocrity for long and now is the time to rescue themselves from tyranny.

I see you enjoy the state this country is in; the bombings, kidnappings, piracy, terrorism, corruption etc. Yes we should thank God and be appreciative that Boko haram has not bombed MMA or the third mainland. Until then there is no problem.

It was until a friend lost his mother to kidnappers in the east on the 24th of December 2011. That was when I knew, that we are already at war with ourselves.

Yes, lets be appreciative of mediocrity. Afterall, we have not started killing ourselves, Abi.
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by vedaxcool(m): 9:53am On Aug 15, 2013
seyi42k:

Stop repeating this. Democratically elected or not, democratic dictatorship is the worst of all.

Mugabe is "democratically elected"
Paul Biya is "democratically elected"
Yoweri Museveni "democratically elected"

At what point does democracy stop being democracy. If he had being wise, he would have lead Egypt on a new path yet he started making the same mistakes that his predecessor made.

The same thing that Obj did and now he is saying that Nigeria is cursed because "new generation" of "leaders" have failed this country.

The very same Obj who gave up Bakassi peninsula so that the west would overlook is 3rd term bid. A 3rd term bid that would have set the same precedent experienced in the likes of Cameroon.

The same Obj that fousted uopn this country an sick president and an inept deputy. He is now an ardent critic of his handiwork.

Lets stop being political philosophers and start being realist. Morsi would have set Egypt on a path divegent from its core character. He would have made Egypt into an haven for terrorist.

You talk about the west not criticizing, has Saudi Arabia and other peaceful Middle eastern country come out to criticize?

Anyway, we will see how this will end. It is just that other nations with similar issues as we have are burning up, that should be a grave warning to us.

A grave warning indeed


You simply have no idea of what you are talking about!
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by vedaxcool(m): 9:54am On Aug 15, 2013
seyi42k:

They are not utopian, yet they are far better than we. They may be war, but they still have power supply. Can you say the same for us?

You keep people keep repeating fastest growing nonsense, even a mad man keeps growing in levels of insanity. What has our growth turned into. Has it increased manufacturing? Has exports increased, especially Non-oil exports? Has education improved?

You are cynical about another's country's fight for independence of its soul, yet are praying to God that our country improve. Well we are a long way from where we are expected to be.

You ask why they are fighting if life was so good. They are fighting because life can be better. They believe they have wallowed in mediocrity for long and now is the time to rescue themselves from tyranny.

I see you enjoy the state this country is in; the bombings, kidnappings, piracy, terrorism, corruption etc. Yes we should thank God and be appreciative that Boko haram has not bombed MMA or the third mainland. Until then there is no problem.

It was until a friend lost his mother to kidnappers in the east on the 24th of December 2011. That was when I knew, that we are already at war with ourselves.

Yes, lets be appreciative of mediocrity. Afterall, we have not started killing ourselves, Abi.

Please how is Egypt better than us, list your facts
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by vedaxcool(m): 10:04am On Aug 15, 2013













Egypt is quite developed . . .
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by seyi42k(m): 10:07am On Aug 15, 2013
vedaxcool:

Please how is Egypt better than us, list your facts

The onus is on you to list your points. You are the one calling me out. Please do that and I will respond.

Remember to list Human development Index, Corruption Index, Education, Infant Mortality rates, primary health care, Maternal mortality rates etc. Indications that financial indexes like GDP growth will not show.
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by vedaxcool(m): 10:14am On Aug 15, 2013
seyi42k:

The onus is on you to list your points. You are the one calling me out. Please do that and I will respond.

Remember to list Human development Index, Corruption Index, Education, Infant Mortality rates, primary health care, Maternal mortality rates etc. Indications that financial indexes like GDP growth will not show.

Oga pls just list out how, me i am asking because you seeem to know more than everybody here, so please help us out!
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by vedaxcool(m): 10:24am On Aug 15, 2013


Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by JaaizTech: 10:24am On Aug 15, 2013
seyi42k:

Stop repeating this. Democratically elected or not, democratic dictatorship is the worst of all.

Mugabe is "democratically elected"
Paul Biya is "democratically elected"
Yoweri Museveni "democratically elected"

At what point does democracy stop being democracy. If he had being wise, he would have lead Egypt on a new path yet he started making the same mistakes that his predecessor made.

The same thing that Obj did and now he is saying that Nigeria is cursed because "new generation" of "leaders" have failed this country.

The very same Obj who gave up Bakassi peninsula so that the west would overlook is 3rd term bid. A 3rd term bid that would have set the same precedent experienced in the likes of Cameroon.

The same Obj that fousted uopn this country an sick president and an inept deputy. He is now an ardent critic of his handiwork.

Lets stop being political philosophers and start being realist. Morsi would have set Egypt on a path divegent from its core character. He would have made Egypt into an haven for terrorist.

You talk about the west not criticizing, has Saudi Arabia and other peaceful Middle eastern country come out to criticize?

Anyway, we will see how this will end. It is just that other nations with similar issues as we have are burning up, that should be a grave warning to us.

A grave warning indeed

In as much as you have many valid points but assuming that Morsi will turn Egypt to terrorist state is not only fallacious but unfair. What is the basis for this assumption A section of the people of Egypt, rose against Morsi primarily for two reasons:
1) He gave himself sweeping powers, somewhat like a dictator (His reasons, to strengthen his govt. against the remnants of Mubarak's loyalists, whom are still very strong and active)

2) The Economy was not doing not well.

The issue with Morsi was hardly about islamization of Egypt.

In 22nd November Morsi granted himself unlimited powers to "protect" the nation from the Mubarak-era power structure which remained in place and the power to legislate without judicial oversight or review of his acts, Protests broke out around Egypt in disagreement and on 8 December 2012, Morsi annulled this decree.

On 30 June 2013, mass protests erupted across Egypt calling for the President's resignation, following severe fuel shortages and electricity outages. This was followed by the army's threat that if the protesters' demands were not met by 3 July it would step in and build a road map for the country.

This is the summary of what happened in Egypt, It is quite unfortunate that in an attempt to legitimise the illegal overthrow of Morsi, many have attempted to accuse him of forcefully Islamising Egypt, which wasn't even the focus of the issue. The same tactic was used to overthrow Gaddafi, whom was an arch-enemy of the so called terrorist. In fact once the west does not feel comfortable with a middle-east govt., they simply tagged them with terrorism.

So the question that should be answered is if it was right to give Morsi 48 hrs to meet the demand of Opposition protesters, whom were bent on exploiting the avenue to get him out of power.


Lastly, let me say the word Islamization does not connote terrorism, havig a shariah inspired constitution implies that policies would not violate the Islamic Shariah, and in an Egypt with 90% Muslims, that wouldn't be an injustice, if they wanted it: Policies that may be affected include:

i) Banking (Only Non-Interest banking will be allowed)
ii)Sale / Manufacture of Alcohol may be banned
etc.

UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia are all countries that have shariah inspired constitution, and they are doing well.

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Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by flymeup: 10:35am On Aug 15, 2013
These so bad, At least five people have been killed in the province of Suez, according to the health ministry, if people continue to die is not pleasant
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by Awsome5645(m): 11:05am On Aug 15, 2013
eddiebruk: Exactly what Nigeria Needs
u are indisposed.
Are u praying 4war.
Hv u handle Gun b4 in ur Life?
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by funshint(m): 11:10am On Aug 15, 2013
JaaizTech:

In as much as you have many valid points but assuming that Morsi will turn Egypt to terrorist state is not only fallacious but unfair. What is the basis for this assumption A section of the people of Egypt, rose against Morsi primarily for two reasons:
1) He gave himself sweeping powers, somewhat like a dictator (His reasons, to strengthen his govt. against the remnants of Mubarak's loyalists, whom are still very strong and active)

2) The Economy was not doing not well.

The issue with Morsi was hardly about islamization of Egypt.

In 22nd November Morsi granted himself unlimited powers to "protect" the nation from the Mubarak-era power structure which remained in place and the power to legislate without judicial oversight or review of his acts, Protests broke out around Egypt in disagreement and on 8 December 2012, Morsi annulled this decree.

On 30 June 2013, mass protests erupted across Egypt calling for the President's resignation, following severe fuel shortages and electricity outages. This was followed by the army's threat that if the protesters' demands were not met by 3 July it would step in and build a road map for the country.

This is the summary of what happened in Egypt, It is quite unfortunate that in an attempt to legitimise the illegal overthrow of Morsi, many have attempted to accuse him of forcefully Islamising Egypt, which wasn't even the focus of the issue. The same tactic was used to overthrow Gaddafi, whom was an arch-enemy of the so called terrorist. In fact once the west does not feel comfortable with a middle-east govt., they simply tagged them with terrorism.

So the question that should be answered is if it was right to give Morsi 48 hrs to meet the demand of Opposition protesters, whom were bent on exploiting the avenue to get him out of power.


Lastly, let me say the word Islamization does not connote terrorism, havig a shariah inspired constitution implies that policies would not violate the Islamic Shariah, and in an Egypt with 90% Muslims, that wouldn't be an injustice, if they wanted it: Policies that may be affected include:

i) Banking (Only Non-Interest banking will be allowed)
ii)Sale / Manufacture of Alcohol may be banned
etc.

UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia are all countries that have shariah inspired constitution, and they are doing well.


Pls get 'ur facts right Morsi didn't reverse those decrees awarding absolute power to himself. And he wasn't doing it to protect Egyptians against Mubarak's apologists; he only did it to serve the interest of himself and his party MB. Looking at that, does it portray an image of someone who truly believes in the tenets of democracy?! He was fast becoming an authoritarian. His govt was alrdy becoming a draconian govt which was not inclusive of other stakeholders in the Egyptian project. Its is even fallacious to say that Egyptians would hv supported d sharia system just because majority are muslims. You've neglected the fact that a larger percentage of Egyptian muslims are moderate muslims just like in SW Nigeria while the rest uphold d strict form of Islam just like what we hv in some part of Northern Nigeria e.g Zamfara, Sokoto, Kano...etc. Most Egyptians are secularists who are against imposition of that strict form of Islam(sharia). Don't also forget that the Islamic world is divided btw the shiites and sunnis who hv totally opposite ideology about islam and the division btw them is worse than what we hv btw Islam and Christianity.
Re: Egypt Declares State Of Emergency (pictures) by funshint(m): 11:11am On Aug 15, 2013
JaaizTech:

In as much as you have many valid points but assuming that Morsi will turn Egypt to terrorist state is not only fallacious but unfair. What is the basis for this assumption A section of the people of Egypt, rose against Morsi primarily for two reasons:
1) He gave himself sweeping powers, somewhat like a dictator (His reasons, to strengthen his govt. against the remnants of Mubarak's loyalists, whom are still very strong and active)

2) The Economy was not doing not well.

The issue with Morsi was hardly about islamization of Egypt.

In 22nd November Morsi granted himself unlimited powers to "protect" the nation from the Mubarak-era power structure which remained in place and the power to legislate without judicial oversight or review of his acts, Protests broke out around Egypt in disagreement and on 8 December 2012, Morsi annulled this decree.

On 30 June 2013, mass protests erupted across Egypt calling for the President's resignation, following severe fuel shortages and electricity outages. This was followed by the army's threat that if the protesters' demands were not met by 3 July it would step in and build a road map for the country.

This is the summary of what happened in Egypt, It is quite unfortunate that in an attempt to legitimise the illegal overthrow of Morsi, many have attempted to accuse him of forcefully Islamising Egypt, which wasn't even the focus of the issue. The same tactic was used to overthrow Gaddafi, whom was an arch-enemy of the so called terrorist. In fact once the west does not feel comfortable with a middle-east govt., they simply tagged them with terrorism.

So the question that should be answered is if it was right to give Morsi 48 hrs to meet the demand of Opposition protesters, whom were bent on exploiting the avenue to get him out of power.


Lastly, let me say the word Islamization does not connote terrorism, havig a shariah inspired constitution implies that policies would not violate the Islamic Shariah, and in an Egypt with 90% Muslims, that wouldn't be an injustice, if they wanted it: Policies that may be affected include:

i) Banking (Only Non-Interest banking will be allowed)
ii)Sale / Manufacture of Alcohol may be banned
etc.

UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia are all countries that have shariah inspired constitution, and they are doing well.


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