OCinBuffalo Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) The President of Egypt essentially walked into the Havard of Islam, and called for a reformation(DC_Tom's point, for years), and did so by directly addressing the Imans present, and calling on them(calling them out) to get off their asses and do something. Yeah. In Egypt. The place where the Muslim Brotherhood won an election not so long ago. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/06/africa/egypt-president-speech/ Powerful words. It must have killed CNN to write this. I love how they had to immediately grab whomever they can find and try to pretend that this guy isn't genuine. The man took the country from the Islamic Brotherhood, after they appointed him to command the army...because of his piety. Those are his actions, and who he is, and now, these are his words...but he isn't genuine? If you are going to reform the Islamic faith in Egypt, the best way, in terms of everything, is to first try and do that with the existing Imams. The last thing you want to do is start a Holy War in your own country by coming out directly against the Azhari establishment and challenging it immediately/trying to put your own guys in there, before any of your citizens have had time to hear and process what you're saying. This way, this guy traps these Imams. If they reform, he gets the credit(and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, which he won't get, because these are the same people that gave it to Obama), and tons of Western support. If they refuse to reform, he can simply give the same speech. Which has 2 effects: 1. more assistance from the West 2. Confounds the left(and CNN) in all countries, and shuts them up, which = more Western support. He can keep giving that speech over and over, until he's sure he has 7-80% of the country on board, and tons of Western support. Then he can say "well, it's not like I didn't try", and gain/retain the support of the people, and more importantly in Egypt, the army. Then he can move the Imams out without incident. (It's Egypt, so summary execution is a credible option). He consolidates power internally, and externally, and all he has to do is talk? This is an easy one. Leave it to CNN, and the random not-fellow they picked up, to miss the obvious tactical situation here. Everybody else in the rest of the links I found reported the story straight up. Except the usual suspects: 1. CBS link questioned his integrity and inserted speculation "Whether Sisi was doing just that with this speech or signaling another intent is not clear." If it's "not clear" WTF is it doing in a hard news story? The only reason his intent is "not clear", is because it doesn't fit with the CBS thinking on this topic. It can't be what it is, straight up, because that doesn't work for CBS. It has to be what it is, or, possibly not direct refutation of CBS's 14-year narrative on Islam, but some other agenda. Hence, it is now, "not clear". And....that's it. You can't find this story using google news from any other leftist source. Finally I ask you to be honest: how many of you even knew about this speech before reading this link? Edited January 8, 2015 by OCinBuffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 The notion that the Middle East’s problems can be solved by improved material conditions fails to comprehend the power of religion and culture. To his credit, General Sisi seemed to acknowledge the need for the Muslim world to undergo a critical self-examination in a recent speech at Al-Azhar; the West’s public culture ought to do likewise. -- Robert A. Destro . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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