{"id":16832,"date":"2012-12-24T16:25:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T21:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16832"},"modified":"2012-12-24T16:25:14","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T21:25:14","slug":"democracy-as-we-know-it-has-ended-in-egypt-before-it-even-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16832","title":{"rendered":"Democracy As We Know It Has Ended In Egypt Before It Even Began"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democracy in some countries means one election one time and no further <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Voting\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">voting<\/a>. In <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Egypt\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=30.0333333333,31.2166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=30.0333333333,31.2166666667 (Egypt)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Egypt<\/a> it took three elections&#8211;one for the President and two for the constitution. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/world\/vote-cements-muslim-brotherhood-rule\/story-e6frg6so-1226542679717\">The Australian<\/a> reported today that the second vote on the constitution in Egypt will cement the rule of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Muslim Brotherhood\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ikhwanonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Muslim Brotherhood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement saying:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;The <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Egyptians\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egyptians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Egyptian people<\/a> continue their march towards finalising the construction of a democratic modern state, after turning the page on oppression,&#8221; the Brotherhood&#8217;s political arm, the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hurryh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Freedom and Justice Party<\/a>, said in a statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This will mean the end of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Copts\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Coptic Christians<\/a> in Egypt. They will no longer have the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Freedom of religion\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_of_religion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">freedom to worship<\/a> that they previously enjoyed.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Rights groups say the charter limits the freedoms of religious minorities and women, while giving the military too much power.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Mr Morsi had to split the voting over two successive Saturdays after more than half of Egypt&#8217;s judges said they would not supervise the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Polling place\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polling_place\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">polling stations<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will now be watching Egypt become an Islamist state similar to Iran. Sharia Law will eventually be instituted. This does not bode well for peace in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=dd19f6b4-f40f-482e-a361-4f323cdc59b6\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democracy in some countries means one election one time and no further voting. In Egypt it took three elections&#8211;one for the President and two for the constitution. 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