Islamists see this as a path to political power worldwide. For $200..."what is democracy?" Right you are! From the Boston Globe:
AMMAN -- In the lobby of the House of Arkam school, a map shows a green wave washing over the Middle East, Europe, and North Africa. ''The Muslims Are Coming!" declares a banner above the map.The staid administrators of this well-appointed Islamic school have always maintained that Islam will one day replace secular governments throughout the Muslim world.
But the victory of the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas, just across the Jordan River in the West Bank, has invigorated Jordan's steadily growing Islamist movement and reinforced its conviction that democratic elections will pave the way to an Islamic republic in Jordan.
The school and the Islamic Action Front, the sole authorized religious party in parliament, are both wings of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood, an organization that has followed the same blueprint as Hamas, cultivating support by running charities, hospitals, and schools along with its political party.
Now the Islamists in Jordan have set the stage for a major confrontation over the election law. Jordanians are going to the polls in 2007 to choose a new parliament, and the Islamists have sworn to push through a reform that would fully legalize political parties -- and could dramatically increase the Islamist representation.
Across the Mideast, analysts are calling this new optimism among Islamists the ''Hamas effect."
''We are in a peaceful battle for change," said Zaki Sa'ed, a politician in the Islamic Action Front who has friendly relations with Hamas. ''We represent the will of the majority of Jordanians who seek change."...
''We are in a peaceful battle for change," said Zaki Sa'ed, a politician in the Islamic Action Front who has friendly relations with Hamas. ''We represent the will of the majority of Jordanians who seek change."...
What happens if it is discovered that the majority of Jordanians don't want sharia law?
Mr. AP
The majority of Jordanians are "Palestinians" and we know how their brethren in the "territories" recently voted, even though most of them don't particularly care to live under Sharia. If enough Jordanian electors are keen to eradicate Israel, they may well vote for the party that promises them that it will "complete the project".
It was more of a hypothetical question.
I have a good idea of how they are going to vote. Even worse, I know what would happen if the islamists don't get their way, if they feel insulted, or if they just feel like it.
Let's pray that King Abdullah has the foresight to squash any expansion of "democracy" in Jordan.
Democracy is the last thing any Muslim country needs and the Hashemite Monarchy is the only institution standing in the way of a fullscale Islamist takeover. I only hope that Abdullah has the strength and wisdom of his late father when King Hussein wiped out the terrorists during the "Black September" of 1970.
I hope the President of the United States invokes the Bush doctrine ASAP and attacks the soon-to-be financial supporter of Hamas, which is the United States.
Bush has said he'd hunt down and destroy the terrorists and those people that give them shelter and material support. Well, Hamas is explictly a terrorist organization. No doubt about this exists.
So here's a plan: 1) The United States needs to occupy the Palestinian Authority. Free up the Israelis since they are busy with Iranian target selection.
2) Bush also needs to attack the United States. The head of the terrorist support organization seems to be a lady by the name of Condoleeza Rice. She needs to be hunted down and sent to that Cuban prison in Guantanamo Bay since she is on record over and over again trying to add & abet a terrorist organization (Hamas). Prosecuting her would be simple - her statements for HAMAS have been in the world press over and over again!
3) Taking the example of the British in 1812, I would suggest Bush send a few ships up the Potomac and set fire to the White House... since that's the epicenter of the Executive Branch for the U.S. government, which aiding and abetting a terrorist organization.