With a moderate Islamist party taking power in Tunisia, and another winning a considerable percentage of the seats in Egypt’s lower parliament, Islamist factions seem to be the biggest winners so far in the Arab Spring.
This is perhaps unsurprising, as traditionally when military dictatorships have banned opposition parties it has benefited religious factions which can operate under the auspices of the church (or in this case mosque).
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"Islamist Factions the Big Winners in Arab Spring"
Good. There;s something about Islam that scares the US government and I think I know what it is. Islam holds the mirror to Americas face on its foreign policy. Islam is screaming against the genocide of palestinians. Islam is speaking up against wars in Israels name. Islam uses the term zionism constantly.
This is not really positive its only the result of 50-100 years of europe/america doing everything in their power to destroy secular movements in the middle east. so instead we are left with religious ones.
This is not true, only those are crushed who oppose Western hegemony. Although there have been many secular leaders there really has been no mass secular movements (only nationalist ones) in the Muslim world. In Turkey the secularists gained power after a coup. In Iraq and Syria Baathists took control after military coups. In Pakistan, a secular military dictator Ayub Khan took control after a coup. These were not mass movements. And the secular dictators were supported by the US as long as they were 'friendly' to us.
Islam is a huge threat to America because the American government is anti-human, anti-justice, anti- everything that is good and pure and natural. The US wants total submission from all countries on earth. Muslims have a problem with that because they only serve god, not the US! Just keep it simple, the US government are the liars and the bad guys and the terrorists and the hypocrites.
Could it have something to do with our president of muslim heritage?
Could it be that his control is frightening those who understand sharia isn't very flexible in how they will deal with unbelievers and the great satan?