Larijani speaks about a "people's government" because he knows that pro-Sharia forces enjoy broad popular support. "Iranian leaders hope for Islamic republic in Egypt: Clerics say protests against Mubarak government were inspired by 1979 revolution in Iran," from Ynet News, January 29:
Iranian leaders expressed satisfaction with the anti-government protests in Egypt, with one leader saying he believes the protesters were inspired by the revolution in his country in 1979."Today, as a result of the gifts of the Islamic revolution in Iran, freedom-loving Islamic peoples such as the peoples of Tunisia, Egypt and nearby Arab countries are standing up to their oppressive governments," the New York Times quoted Ayatollah Mohammad-Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi as saying.
He congratulated the Egyptian people, saying their actions were "based on the principles" of the Islamic revolution.
Western officials fear Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be replaced by a hardline cleric similar to the ayatollahs in Iran, like the Muslim Brotherhood opposition party, which also gave rise to Hamas.
Mohammad-Javad Larijani, secretary general of the Iranian High Council for Human Rights and a conservative leader, also voiced a positive opinion. "In my opinion, the Islamic Republic of Iran should see these events without exception in a positive light," he said.
Larijani also expressed hope that the "anti-Islamic" Tunisian government led by the ousted Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali will be replaced by a "people's government".
He was encouraged by the events in Egypt. "There, Muslims are more active in political agitation and, God willing, they will establish the regime that they want," he said....
and you better believe they are actively supporting these riots. Food may be an excuse for the riots we are seeing in North Africa, but the Iranians are not going to let a good crisis go to waste.
I think we are going to be getting a series of Islamic Declarations. Best to understand what this means in reality...
http://infideltheamerican.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/the-islamic-declaration-what-does-it-sound-like-what-does-it-mean-for-non-muslims/
It's comical to hear Iran talking about other countries freeing themselves from oppressive governments...
How hypocritical is that?
This is weakening the camp of Islam, they will eventually have power struggles that will weaken the camp even further...Of course this is a good time for Mahdhi to appear because Mahoundians are in Chaos...The chaos will get worse as other Mahoundian populations see their chance...This is already happening but will expand even more...This is not just this Mahoundian country, or that Mahoundian country, or this Mahoundian or that Mahoundian, it is bigger then that, it is the Ummah...The Ummah exists wherever one or more Mahoundians congregate together...It is the Ummah that is in Chaos, but as yet, not all parts have been equally effected...But it may be that this is just the beginning...
Condensed from an article by Caroline Glick that can be found on her site or today's Townhall.com
Mohammed ElBaradei,who was the former head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency has aspirations of taking over Mubaraks position.
Elbaradei shielded Iran's nuclear weapons program from the Security Council. He repeatedly ignored evidence indicating that Iran's nuclear program was a military program rather than a civilian energy program. When the evidence became too glaring to ignore, Elbaradei continued to lobby against significant UN Security Council sanctions or other actions against Iran and obscenely equated Israel's purported nuclear program to Iran's.
His actions won him the support of the Iranian regime which he continues to defend.
Elbaradei's support for the Iranian ayatollahs is matched by his support for the Muslim Brotherhood. This group, which forms the largest and best organized opposition movement to the Mubarak regime is the progenitor of Hamas and al Qaida. It seeks Egypt's transformation into an Islamic regime that will stand at the forefront of the global jihad. In recent years, the Muslim Brotherhood has been increasingly drawn into the Iranian nexus along with Hamas. Muslim Brotherhood attorneys represented Hizbullah terrorists arrested in Egypt in 2009 for plotting to conduct spectacular attacks aimed at destroying the regime.
Elbaradei has been a strong champion of the Muslim Brotherhood. Just this week he gave an interview to Der Spiegel defending the jihadist movement. As he put it, "We should stop demonizing the Muslim Brotherhood. ...[T]hey have not committed any acts of violence in five decades. They too want change. If we want democracy and freedom, we have to include them instead of marginalizing them."
The Muslim Brotherhood for its part has backed Elbaradei's political aspirations. On Thursday it announced it would demonstrate at ElBaradei's side the next day.
From a rock god to rock heads. They don't know what to do with themselves; they only know what others must do.
In my book, that's called less-than-zero. In the absence of a making a positive contribution, they incur us costs because of their en masse confusion.
This from today's WSJ. It's a study in self-delusion:
The U.S. is also left with few policy choices, all of carry some risks. In the Philippines, South Korea and other countries where popular revolts led to peaceful transitions from dictators...
The Philippines stood on Judeo-Christian beliefs; South Korea on Buddhist, Judeo-Christian and Confucian beliefs. Other countries that emerged from authoritarian systems were all non-Moslem.
Given how Islam is at the center of the trouble in Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere, why did the WSJ not mention this central fact?
(Note that the Philippines government's stupid policy of appeasing angry Moslems by ceding land to them in the south has slated that country for bifurcation over the near- to mid-term.)
North Africa today portends Europe and North America a couple of Demographic Jihad decades from now.
It is certainly possible that what might follow Mr. Mubarak will turn radical and Islamist...
Aw c'mon. "Radical" Islam is a non-sequitur. "Islamist" is a term of disreputable origins that implies there is a non-radical Islam (i.e., Unicorns) who are corrupted when Moslems stand on the teachings of their shared plain text belief system (which apparently the Unicorns don't).
It's either Islam or it ain't. Wake up and smell the damned facts. The point is not finding a proper nuance of Islam; it's whether Moslems sit in storage as human weapons, or somehow become activated, as they are in the north of Africa now.
The reasonably non-violent secularists are no match for the violent islamists. There will be a muslim brotherhood run government. Armed with sophisticated American fighter planes. The new government will be no friend of the US. As soon as the dust settles and perhaps even right now, the US should suspend all aid to Egypt. Not one cent more. If the EU can be persuaded to follow suit,the already weakened economy will collapse. This country can't feed itself. Without the massive aid, there will be widespread starvation. The price of wheat has already gone up 20% in the last few months. Egypt does not have enough water and and land to grow the basic grain needed to prevent starvation. Only a handful of countries have surpluses which can supplement the shortfall in all the Arab countries. The US can exert powerful influence on many of the grain exporters. Food is a weapon. The muslim countries think they are strengthening islam by using their wombs. Fine. You breed 'em, you feed 'em. We could bring most of the Middle East down in a few months by withholding grain supplies. Egypt is said to only have about a six week supply of the essential grains. How would you keep grain from getting to Egypt? Easy. Offer 10% over the current market for it. When the price goes up, offer 10% more. If you're a poor Egyptian trying to make it on less than $2 a day it won't be long before your biscuit becomes a crouton.
http://www.antisharia.com/2011/01/27/does-the-koran-allow-stoning-adulterersvideo-jay-smithspeakers-corner/
Does the Koran allow stoning adulterers?[video]-Jay Smith@speaker’s corner
After having proved, by using Islamic Traditions, that the Qur’an had indeed been burned by the third Caliph Uthman in 650 AD, Jay then suggests that the reason this had to be done was due to a corruption of the text. He then proceeds to read from Al Bukhari one example, that of the punishment for adultery, which originally was stoning, but is now 100 lashes (see Sura 24:2). Watch how the Muslims at the corner unanimously agree that adulterers should be stoned, and are not aware that this punishment has been abrogated in the Qur’an.
This Islamic Republic of Iran?:
1.)"Iran hangs Iranian-Dutch woman Sahra Bahrami"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12314886
2.)"EU's Lady Ashton given 'cover-up' in Iran press"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12289080
Okay about Ahemdinijad- Forget "Iranian Leader" its the Iranian Prez: The rule of thumb with him is you need to be suspicous of whatever our dark humanoid is enthusiastic about. In other words if he says the fried onion rings are good at such and such cafe you better order the beer batter fries instead.
That means if our handsome dark fellow in the black suit is enthusiatic about a Republic in Egypt you can bet your best hound dog its because he wants Sharia law type of representative government.
The End
PS: Same goes for Barack Obama. You have to apply the same twisted logic for the survival of America.
This may certainly be consistent given how both groups hate Israel, but for Iran, it falls under the file of 'Be careful what you wish for...'
The Muslim Brotherhood - the parent organization of al Qaeda & Hamas - is certainly no pan-Islamic group: it's very much Sunni (not sure whether it's Hanafi, Shafii or Wahabi). So if they come to power in Cairo, they may be Iran's ally vis a vis Israel, but nowhere else. In Iraq, Iran is trying to support the Shi'ite regime there, but at the same time, al-Qaeda of Iraq is trying to establish Sunnite rule, and in the process, will get the support of both Hamas as well as Ikhwan. So if the latter seizes power in Cairo, you'll have Egypt trying to actively destabilize the Iraqi regime, much to the chagrin of Iran (and depending on how they look @ it, the State Dept as well)
And in Syria, look forward to such a Cairo regime to support the Muslim Brotherhood of Syria as well, which could result attempts to overthrow the Assad regime, as well as bring them into direct conflict w/ Hizbullah. And while for us it would be an Alien vs Predator scenario, which side do you think Obama would support - Hizbullah or Ikhawan? It would be fun see him agonize over such a question ;-D
So, yeah, Iran, I do hope you get what you're looking for in Egypt. And then watch your puppets in Baghdad, Damascus & Beirut be confronted by the Muslim Brotherhood, which opposes your puppet Assad in Syria, as well as Hizbullah. Can't wait for all this to happen.
Oh, and once South Sudan secedes from the North, watch North Sudan collapse into anarchy, and become another headache for Egypt.
Yes, let's form a new Islamic Republic of Egypt, shall we? Of course, it would be of the Sunni variety. And they would insist they have a right to their own nuclear weapons to counterbalance those of Israel and Iran. I'm sure Pakistan would be happy to help them out with a few, all for the sake of defending Islam, of course. We will soon be able to sit back and watch the resumption of the Sunni-Shia blood feud, like we unwittingly unleashed in Iraq, but on a larger scale. With Israel and Saudi Arabia thrown into the mix, it should be great fun. And of course the conflict would not be confined to the Arab world.
This is starting to get very scary. I watch the chaos in front of the Egyptian Museum where some years ago I spent many happy days roaming through, and the rioting swirling around the American University, where I have many happy memories of presenting lectures, the boulevard along the Nile across from the Pyramids where I used to do my morning jog, now choked with tanks and protesters and tear gas - and shake my head in great sadness. I break away from the tube for a few hours and come back to find the fires and looting in Cairo creeping into the suburbs, the rioting across Egypt continuing to spread with no end in sight.
And I curse our political elites for being so blind, so caught up in the narrative inside their own heads, that they didn't see this coming. They didn't have a clue!
I imagine the students of Biblical prophecy are frantically updating their calendars and countdown clocks for Armageddon, and survivalists are thinking about laying in new supplies.
Good analysis IP.
Egypt, the centre of the Sunni universe and home to the hallowed Al-Azhar university now being eyed by Shia Iran?
How those scheming Saudi autocrats must be writhing?
They spend billions on dawa, mosques and islamic centres in the West. They play the double game, selling petrol and making nice to the infidel, all the while plotting our demise via immigration and infiltration.
Now this? Right in their own back yard, the holiest of holy's.
From time immemorial Sunni's have entered into opportunistic pacts with Shia and vice versa but the internecine hatred eventually surpasses even their hate of Jews and infidels.
Iran backed Hezbollah plots with MB HAMAS against Israel but as is revealed by this, it's merely a hudna and like water finding its own level the age old animosities are bound to surface.
The sectarian strife in Iraq is a perfect example. Many more Muslims killed and maimed by other Muslims than by the coalition (although Muslims in the West would deny in their age old attempt at painting the infidel as the great oppressor.)
That's Islam for you. So many targets of hate, sometimes its a tough call which one to choose.
I'd say, as a general rule the ones in the west point their hypocrisy , animosity and supremacist attitudes towards us but in the Dar el Islam it's a multiple choice as to which flavour of the month the suicide robots come calling on.
This is their achilles heel and we can take comfort that ours, a dependence on their oil, is far outweighed by the long term detriment this schismic fracturing of the faith creates.
Meanwhile both the US and EU should stay out of this.
Arab machinations are quite enough already without third party complication. US aid, I believe has been temporarily withdrawn from Egypt and if that doesn't concentrate their minds, no matter how machiavellian, nothing will.
Eastview
I do hope that Israel manages to be out of the mix, or even if the Muslims start a war against them, they can - like in 1967 - overrun Sinai, West Bank, Gaza & totally decimate Hamas, Hizbullah & Ikhwan, and this time annex these territories and expel all Muslims - in the name of expelling all Hamas/Fatah & Ikhwan sympathizers. In Lebanon, help Samir Gaegae's Lebanese forces seize power in Beirut. That sort of stuff.
Then let Hamas & Ikhwan target Iran. Nukes won't be a problem, since Iran's nuke program has been set back some. I doubt Pakistan will help them, since their nukes are dedicated to India. Essentially, I agree w/ Logdon above - US, EU and Israel should stay out of this conflict, while a magnified version of the Ira war is in full motion for the world's audience. Oh, and an Islamic regime in Cairo would also have its hands full trying to manage the Islamization of what's left of Sudan after the South breaks away. That should be fun.
So, it is an outrage and interference when the Pope makes a plea for religious freedom from oppressive "blasphemy" laws which legalizes killing of anyone simply accused of disagreeing or questioning or criticizing or saying anything negative, etc., about Islam, Mohammad, or Muslims but, the Iranian government can champion the Islamic rebellion and takeover ("holy war") in Egypt and other countries?