Egypt is increasingly being transformed into an Islamic state

I warned of this back in January 2011 -- and on Fox Juan Williams told me I was "fearmongering."

"The silent Islamization of Egyptian society," from AsiaNews, February 23 (thanks to Tom):

Cairo (AsiaNews) - From the continuing attacks against Christians, to the proposed ban on alcohol and belly dancing, Egypt is increasingly being transformed into an Islamic state. The signs of this change are not only within the Constitution, based on sharia, but the imposition of customs until now the preserve of a minority of society. In recent days, a decision of an Administrative Court of Cairo has made headlines. The court is allowing police officers to wear beards the "Islamic way" after a thirty years ban. In February, dozens of police officers were suspended for violating the law. They protested for days in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior arousing the sympathy of several Salafi imams and police officers who lobbied on the Court to remove the ban. Dating back to the regime of Hosni Mubarak, the law was introduced to prevent the entry in the police force of elements of radical Islamism who would not be impartial in administering the law. Anyone who sported an Islamic beard was suspended.

According to the moderate newspaper Al Ahram, the Court's verdict marks an important page in the Egyptian society and confirms the silent Islamization of institutions and has sparked new protests by Christians and the secular opposition, which for months has been denouncing this trend.

However this ruling is not the only sign of this trend taking hold. Radical Islamists begin to emerge even in the army after decades of keeping a low profile. In recent days, the Baladna Bel Masry talk showed a video of a military tank painted with the words: "Not God but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah." The video was shown across the country and today Ahmed Mohammed Ali, spokesman of the Higher Council of the Armed Forces announced legal action against those responsible. "One vehicle - however, he stressed - does not mean that the phenomenon concerns the entire army."

Attempts to Islamize Egyptian society also affect education. In recent days Mogheth Kamal, an expert on education, denounced a Muslim Brotherhood plan to impose lessons of Islam and the Koran in schools, even private ones. The Islamist movement reportedly has the support of many institutions, including foreign ones.

And Barack Obama.

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That means three decades peace Israel had with Egypt coming to an end .

The Ikhwanization (Brotherhoodnization)of Egypt won't last long. The people of Egypt are fed up with the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis. They will bring this regime down; it's only a matter of time.

Juan Williams is generally a good guy (though definitely too liberal for my tastes) but I'll bet he still doesn't get just how correct Robert Spencer was two years ago and just how wrong he was. Ignorance, even in good folks, is very powerful and durable.

Juan Williams a good guy? This is the guy who defended Hamas stating that the Israelis were armed w/ guns, while all that the poor Palis of Gaza had were stone and rocks. There has never been a Jihadi movement he didn't like - whether it's the Palis against the Israelis, Pakis against India, Chechens against Russia and so on.

On TFA, the headline makes no sense - Egypt was always an Islamic state, except maybe during the post Ottoman brief period of British rule. We should leave the task of defining what is a true Islamic state to them, rather than fret about it ourselves. As Hugh pointed out, even St Sadat had Nazi sympathies, and the Camp David Accords were the biggest hudna that Muslims achieved since the treaty of Al Hudaibiyya (or whatever that place was)

I understand and acknowledge your point, Infidel. It's a valid one to be sure.

When I averred that Williams is a good guy I meant compared to so many of his fellow liberals who won't even bother appearing with conservatives as Williams has on Fox News. Williams will do this and he's usually a gracious man unlike so many liberals who spew venom regularly.

Williams has also at times defended non-liberals like Bill O'Reilly against attacks by other liberals. Also, don't forget that Williams was fired by NPR for that statement of his years ago that when he sees someone dressed in Muslim garb boarding a plane he's going to be on he gets worried. So, relatively speaking, I find him a good guy FOR A MODERN LIBERAL.

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