Hooray for the Egytpian people. Well, except if you happen to be in the 20% of the population that is Coptic Christian. If you are part of that 20%, then sorry dude.
Look, you can’t say you are surprised by this.
Egypt’s military has struck a committee to write a new constitution. The exercise is expected to complete in ten days and brought before the Egyptian people for a vote in two months.
While the panel includes a member of the Muslim Brotherhood there are scarcely any Coptic Christians on the committee while women have been left off the committee altogether.
The exclusion of Coptic Christians is particularly galling when one considers the New Year’s Massacre of Copts in Alexandria which resulted in the deaths of 21 people. It seems the Egyptian military and the Muslim Brotherhood are determined to keep Coptic Christians even more marginalized in a post-Mubarak Egypt.
Of course, President Obama, will demand proper representation for the Copts, just like he did the Muslim Brotherhood, right? Right?
We should remember that President Obama is the same guy who, when the New Year’s Christians attacks occured, suggested that it was an attack on Muslims too. It wasn’t.
So just as the the Egyptian people found that they were on their own in deposing Mubarek, Copts, you are on your own in not getting massacred. Have a nice day.
February 16, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Thus far, it looks as though the change in Egypt is merely cosmetic, something like a Republican winning over a Democrat. In other words, nothing substantial will change. Pro-Mubarak goons in the military, and torturer-in-chief Omar Suleiman still seem to be hanging on. So, sadly, it looks like nothing substantial will change over there: it will remain a satrap for US/Israeli interests.
As for the Copts, and the Catholics still there, it looks like things will also be pretty much the same, even though the Copts and Catholics were very much in evidence with their Muslim neighbors in the protests.
Of course, if the people really did somehow get free of their oppressors you can be absolutely certain that Israel and Washington would act…big time. They aren't about to let anyone in power over there who is not subservient to them.
February 16, 2011 at 4:18 pm
The military isn't pro-Mubarak ; the military is on their own side. They just look like they supported him because they didn't object to what he was doing, so it was easier for them to set back and let him do the grunt work.
February 16, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Obama is a Muslim sympathizer, everyone can see this now. He was a muslim for part of his life at least. And as muslims like to say, "once a muslim always a muslim."