Gee… Who could have seen this coming?
The Islamist parties in Egypt and Tunisia, two former US allies, want to impose more Islam than previously admitted.

Muslim protesters pray at Tahrir Square during protests last year to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. (Yahoo)

Now the Islamists want more power.
Reuters reported:

After months of reassuring secularist critics, Islamist politicians in Tunisia and Egypt have begun to lay down markers about how Muslim their states should be – and first signs show they want more religion than previously admitted.

Islamist parties swept the first free elections in both countries in recent months after campaigns that stressed their readiness to work with the secularists they struggled with in the Arab Spring revolts against decades-long dictatorships.

With political deadlines looming, a key Tunisian party in the constituent assembly and the head of Egypt’s influential Muslim Brotherhood both made statements this week revealing a stronger emphasis on Islam in government.

Popular List, the party tasked with writing Tunisia’s new constitution, announced on Monday its draft called Islam “the principle source of legislation” – a phrase denoting laws based on the sharia moral and legal code.

On Tuesday, Egyptian Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie said his group wanted a president with “an Islamic background.” That term is vague, but not as vague as the conciliatory “consensus candidate” talk heard from most parties until now.

Secularists in both countries warned voters against trusting the Islamists and these subtle changes could have come straight from a secularist playbook on how Islamists would gradually insert more religion into the political and legal systems.

Barack Obama must be very proud.

 

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  1. #2 February 23, 2012 at 9:54 am

    RKflorida commented:

    Looks like a target rich environment to me.

  2. #3 February 23, 2012 at 9:55 am

    Adirondack Patriot commented:

    5th Century morals combined with 21st Centry weapons.

    What could possibly go wrong?

  3. #4 February 23, 2012 at 9:58 am

    Finncrisp commented:

    Moslem Spring enters it’s second year of implementation. No irony that the Party of Death, led by Dear Leader supports the Moslem rabble as well. They have so much in common.

  4. #5 February 23, 2012 at 9:59 am

    Sasja commented:

    Want a president with an Islamic background? Take ours.

  5. #6 February 23, 2012 at 10:26 am

    Lady Mondegreen commented:

    This is potentially troubling, but not necessarily. If Egypt goes the way of Turkey, there is reason for hope. Years of dogmatic and oppressive secularism in Turkey created huge resentment on the part of religious people, not just extremists. The current government, although called Islamist, lowered the level of tension by relaxing certain restrictions on religious expression and, in fact, this government has returned property that had been confiscated from churches are synagogues back in early 20th century. That’s something the secularist governments never would have done. A Turkish friend summed it up by saying “Erdogan is essentially a Republican. He is mainly pro-business, but knows how to use religious rhetoric to win elections and he has opened the steam valve.” Turkey remains a largely secular country. On a recent visit, I found it more prosperous, more energetic and more friendly and just plain happier than on previous visits.

    I am nto saying that Egypt is doing the same thing but, after Turkey, it is the most cosmopolitan states in the Middle East, and it has the opportunity to follow the Turkish example.

  6. #7 February 23, 2012 at 10:27 am

    mackykam commented:

    Gee! That picture looks like it’s an arab preparation for a massive gay gangbang.

  7. #8 February 23, 2012 at 10:46 am

    Joanne commented:

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/23/obama-sends-letter-apology-to-karzai-over-koran-burning/

    Obama sends a letter to Karzai over the koran burning – go figure. I wonder if he also told them to fund contraceptives and abortions to Afghan women. Hah.

  8. #10 February 23, 2012 at 10:55 am

    Joanne commented:

    Sorry, for the repeat; I hadn’t moved down through the threads yet.

  9. #11 February 23, 2012 at 11:06 am

    retire05 commented:

    Ambassador Crocker delivered a letter from the President to Afghan PM Karzi apologizing for the burning of a Koran at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. No word on when Obama will apologize for the burning of hundreds of Bibles sent to Afghanistan by a U.S. Christian group that the military there was ordered to destroy.

    If American Jews and Christians don’t wake up soon, and join forces against this most evil man, we are going to be subjected to more 9-11′s as the Muslims are encouraged by the pandering to them by Obama.

  10. #12 February 23, 2012 at 11:08 am

    Retired05 commented:

    Comment deleted and user banned for impersonating a fellow commenter. This was not written by retire05.

    Gateway Pundit Administrator

  11. #13 February 23, 2012 at 11:09 am

    wtd commented:

    There must be some magnetic interference in Tahrir square . . .cause they cain’t all be facing mecca with so many twists and turns in that target rich environment . . .(thx #2). . .and LOL . . .w/bada dop dop to #5′s Henny Youngman-esq LOL humor :D

  12. #14 February 23, 2012 at 11:11 am

    Peggy commented:

    Gosh, that pic. It looks like a Borg hive.

  13. #15 February 23, 2012 at 11:57 am

    democraps suck commented:

    one look at that picture and all I thought was…wow what a nice target practice for the MOB bomb

  14. #16 February 23, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    Necrophidius commented:

    Looks like a good place to drop a bomb.

  17. #20 February 23, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    re: #19 February 23, 2012 at 12:43 pm bg

    “I’m committed to working with American Muslims to ensure that they
    can fulfill Zakat [.] it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding
    Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit”

    ~ President Barack Hussein Obama

    much much more here, in connecting links, and threads..

    ==

  18. #21 February 23, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    re: #19 February 23, 2012 at 12:43 pm bg

    January 10, 2012

    Federal court blocks Oklahoma ban on Sharia

    [State Question 755, also known as the "Save Our State" measure, was
    approved by a 7-3 ratio. It was sponsored by Oklahoma State Reps. Rex
    Duncan and Anthony Sykes, both Republicans.

    "The fact that Sharia law was even considered anywhere in the United
    States is enough for me" to sign on, Sykes told CNN last year. "It should
    scare anyone that any judge in America would consider using that as
    precedent."

    Sykes said his concern was compounded by U.S. Supreme Court Justice
    Elena Kagan's comments during her confirmation hearings in June 2010
    that she would be willing to consider international law when hearing
    cases before the court.]

    btw, that is just a SAMPLE of much more..

    ergo, for all intent and purpose, this is 1984.. so please, i implore
    everyone to do some research while they can.. because less and
    less information is, and will be, available for several reason, one of
    which is Obama’s formidable black hole machine.. heck, one could
    easily state there’s more than one meaning to his “You ain’t seen
    nothin’ yet!” shout out..

    wake up, Islamic states were always Islamic states, the US however will
    be simply due to the fact that no one is keeping their eye on the ball this
    side of the pond so to speak.. well, no one but CAIN, Gingrich, West and
    Santorum of late, anyways.. and of course the ever vigilant Dr. Jasser..

    ==

  19. #22 February 23, 2012 at 1:38 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    March 6, 2010

    ‘They Need to Be Liberated From Their God’

    [“The problem is not in Muslims,” he continues. “The problem is with
    theirGod. They need to be liberated from their God. He is their biggest
    enemy. It has been 1,400 years they have been lied to.”    ]

    much more here, in connecting links, and threads..

    Son of Hamas Leader: The God of Islam Suffers from
    Split Personality; Muhammad – a False Prophet 3/10

    Ousted Daily Kos Writer Speaks Out More On Radical Islam

    Eric Allen Bell, who was banned from The Daily Kos and defamed by
    Loonwatch.com to the Islamic world for his investigations into radical
    Islam, discusses how initial support for the Arab spring was thwarted
    when: “I started to pay attention to the news coming out of the Islamic
    world, and follow what was happening with the Islamist winter, looking
    at Egypt, Tunisia, other countries starting to go the way of possibly Iran
    in 1979. So I started to take a deeper look at the truth about Islam and
    that just kind of turned my whole worldview upside down.”

    ==

  20. #23 February 23, 2012 at 2:31 pm

    valerie commented:

    #6 February 23, 2012 at 10:26 am
    Lady Mondegreen commented:

    The current Turkish government has been willing to jail people and kill them for trivial remarks. That doesn’t sound very hopeful to me.

  21. #24 February 23, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    meanwhile back in the good old US of A..

    Speaker Pelosi: Stand Up for Muslim
    Women, Not Islamists Like Rauf!

    not to mention this , and much more..

    ==

  22. #25 February 23, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    re: #21 February 23, 2012 at 1:17 pm bg

    America: A Sharia-Compliant State

    more via connecting links, and threads..

    ==

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