June 21, 2009Read it all HERE.
The Koran and the Ballot Box
By REUEL MARC GERECHT
Prague
WHATEVER happens in Iran in the aftermath of this month’s fraudulent elections, one thing is clear: we are witnessing not just a fascinating power struggle among men who’ve known each other intimately for 30 years, but the unraveling of the religious idea that has shaped the growth of modern Islamic fundamentalism since the creation of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in 1928.
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Westerners would do well to understand the magnitude of what is transpiring in the Islamic Republic. Iran’s revolution shook the Islamic world. It was the first attempt by militant Muslims to prove that “Islam has all the answers” — or at least enough of them to run a modern state and make its citizenry more moral children of God. But the experiment has failed....
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Even if Ayatollah Khamenei proves triumphant in this round, the president should get on the right side of history....
Monday, June 22, 2009
The End Of Islamic Theocracy In Iran?
From this op-ed in the New York Times:
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3 comments:
Always On Watch,
Let's hope that Gerecht is not guilty of wishful thinking here. I want the Jihadists of the world to see an Islamic Regime fail to hold onto power and be replaced by a genuine secular democracy. That would be something out of their worst nightmares. By the way, you should seriously consider boycotting Siemens and Nokia!
See Pasto? See! Just what we've been saying. This is a game changer. This could tramsform the mid east dynamic. We've been saying it since last Sunday. Don't know why this guy needs so many words to say it :)
He prolly gets paid better than you and me, too.
MR,
Yes.
Some kind of game changer, no matter how these protests end in Iran.
I'm worn to the nub and am turning in early tonight. I've got to!
You and Pasto (and others), hold down the fort.
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