The enormous protests in Egypt, once confined to a handful of the nation’s largest cities appear to have become a completely nationwide phenomenon now, as pro-democracy protests are being reported in previously quiet towns and districts across the nation.
Of course the center of the protests in still in Cairo, where the rallies continue to swell and indeed now have sparked strikes among government employees protesting the government’s refusal to allow free elections and end a multi-decade “state of emergency.”
Protesters have also set up a camp blocking the entrance to parliament, with Egyptian troops demanding them to disperse. The demands didn’t carry much weight with the protesters, however, who insisted that they will not leave.
At one point the protesters had welcomed the Egyptian military’s involvement, but increasingly that does not seem to be the case, as the military’s “supportive neutrality” position has given way to increasing hostility toward protesters and the feeling seems to be becoming mutual.
1- What people of Egypt needs to be careful of is the Muslim Brotherhoods, Islam and in general all other kind of other religious – involvements in a society where its policies are based on the principals in democracy. Let say that Egypt is free from all kind of dictatorial manipulators and that a just democratic system is making sure that all mans are equal under the new constitutions.., what would be the Muslims Brotherhood social and “political” reaction, here we all know that Muslim Brotherhood have condemned the violence and would like to bring about a “just system” to Egypt yet with a Islamic attachment , we know that; however, question is under what social terms and political conditions would they do that.
2-Hence, the matter is the fact in the name or the logo, Islamic or Muslim or other religious name or logos which needs to be answered. For one, when it comes to a state being dominated by a religious then the matter becomes a fact in divisions between a open ended philosophy – democracy and where the religious is a framed form of a dictatorial system where the system only recognize the religious terms- conditions and laws that in the end needs to be practiced by all.., like Iran or for that matter Turkey or Iraq and even Israel.., look we know that Jews and Christians also have a place of worshiping in Iran, Turkey and elsewhere but their religious practicing, their traditions are kept in places where other – religious – cultures are not invited and can not participate…, so goes for Islam.., all that and in reality is a division made possible by a religion in power, in another word.., a “Islamic Republic” means what the regime is stands for, a Islamic Republic.
3- In another word and although it is understandable the amount of heat rate by Muslims Brotherhood against Hosni Mubarak and his thugs, yet the people uprising and their demands are nothing less then what Muslim Brotherhood demands. Yet, wouldn’t be better for the Muslim Brotherhood to participate in people democracy and now or later respect the peoples demands for democracy and work for democratizations and a social justice for all based on social cultural unity…, I am just wondering how would the Islamic Republic of Iran or for that matter Muslim Brotherhood would translate the word “Justice” when it comes to the Islamic Laws or when they are in power.., again.., where the idea is a close ended ideology.., or if you will a framed religious philosophy.., and not open to any other understanding then religious laws.