Crazy ideologues Vs Arab liberals: a short comment
The following is a reply to a friend's opinion regarding a recent call by the famous Egyptian liberal and academic Saad Din Ibrahim for his government to convert mosques and schools into prisons to accommodate tens of thousands of the government opponents . My friend's comment was to the effect that that it is natural for a liberal to prefer a military strongman, as he puts it, over 'crazy ideologues' who think they have a mandate from God to create a utopia. He is referring to the MB government. Here is the text: The news is somewhat old and quite predictable. Muslim liberals are BY AND LARGE foreign inimical plants. You can always tell from their mood what is good for Muslims, by seeing them unhappy, and what is bad for Muslims, by seeing them cheering. But I think Michael unfortunately is not informed at all about Egypt or perhaps misinformed about it. The "crazy ideologues who thought God was guiding them to a utopia" were, first of all, voted in b...