My take from the article is the following: "Secularists in both Cairo and Istanbul are afraid that their governments are pandering to right wing Islamic extremist ideas to advance an Islamic project that will curtail individual freedoms. .......... They protest because they feel democracy is undermining freedom."
Indeed, in Egypt, Turkey and in many Muslim-majority countries, democracy has already hijacked or is posturing to hijack freedom, human rights and human dignity. The excessive religiosity of the Muslims on an average is not allowing them to be rational enough to handle the responsibility of governing fairly via democracy. Democracy in their hands is proving to be bad news. They really need to educate themselves in terms of using their human common and decent sense, as opposed to trying/wishing to follow the seventh century prescriptions of their religion.
SuBain
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From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2013 5:26 PM
Subject: [mukto-mona] Muqtedar Khan on Clash of Cultures
To:
Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2013 5:26 PM
Subject: [mukto-mona] Muqtedar Khan on Clash of Cultures
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/muqtedar-khan/the-clash-of-cultures-fro_b_3521515.html
The Clash of Cultures From Istanbul to Cairo
<< The Islamists (Egypt) and Islamic leaning (Turkey) voices are full of righteous anger. They feel that their leaders, Prime Minister Erdogan and President Morsi are doing what is legitimate in a democracy, instituting the will of the majority. It is interesting to note how Islamists, now that they have the numbers to win elections have suddenly become advocates of democracy, albeit devoid of respect or tolerance for minority rights. They see the protests as betrayal of democracy. >>
In Bangladesh the protests against the mass murderers of 1971 are seen as anti-Islamic. Mass protests in Bangladesh against Jamaat and other illegal Islamist political parties are falsely attributed to India (which is meant to be equal to Hindu, which is equal to anti-Islamic) and its diabolical provocation.
The Clash of Cultures From Istanbul to Cairo
<< The Islamists (Egypt) and Islamic leaning (Turkey) voices are full of righteous anger. They feel that their leaders, Prime Minister Erdogan and President Morsi are doing what is legitimate in a democracy, instituting the will of the majority. It is interesting to note how Islamists, now that they have the numbers to win elections have suddenly become advocates of democracy, albeit devoid of respect or tolerance for minority rights. They see the protests as betrayal of democracy. >>
In Bangladesh the protests against the mass murderers of 1971 are seen as anti-Islamic. Mass protests in Bangladesh against Jamaat and other illegal Islamist political parties are falsely attributed to India (which is meant to be equal to Hindu, which is equal to anti-Islamic) and its diabolical provocation.
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