.... I do not imagine that the Egyptians who toppled a totalitarian military rule will succumb to a religious rule that will impose one system of rule on them. It is not true that people will accept everyone who raises the slogan of Islam and bow to him sacredly. The Al-Qaeda organization has used the motto of Islam and failed.
The rulers in Sudan used the banner of Islam and also failed. Iran is the largest example of those who used the cover of Islam and failed. The Iranian rule is using the name of Islam while in fact it has all the shortcomings of the rules of Mubarak in Egypt, Qaddafi in Libya, and Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen.
The Tehran rule has nothing to offer but repression, persecution and management failure. We should not forget that what is happening in Egypt is a liberal democratic change, not a system of Islamic caliphate. [Arab News] Read more
