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The Uneasy Coexistence of the Cairo Rumor Mill with Muslim Principle of Isnad

By H.A. Hellyer

…airo. And thus far, there is no violence in Tahrir Square, but there are many, many people. They ignored the advice of everyone who said not to go – and opinion was split on this even in the anti-Mubarak camp. An interesting new development has been the divide between anti-Mubarak activists inside and outside Egypt – I’ve been looking at the online debates quite intently, and see that those in Egypt are beginning to argue with those outside of Egy…

Democratic Egypt Tests a Divided Israel

By Shaul Magid

…ws. Israeli View of Democracy, from Left, Right and Further Right Obama’s “Cairo Speech” disturbed many in Israel and its supporters for numerous reasons. Chief among them was that his call for a democratic shift in the Middle East represented a position Israel had to support even as it knew, for at least two reasons, that it would not necessarily be “good for the Jews.” First, if another true democracy did emerge in the Arab Middle East, Israel’s…

Turkey and Egypt: Islam’s Future?

By Haroon Moghul

…her spheres. The most popular Qur’an reciters, for example, are dominantly Egyptian. Let’s hope Egypt develops democratically; in that case, very quickly we’ll see Egypt’s religious culture birth new movements and tendencies which seek to marry their historical religious legitimacy and the energy of their recent revolution. Without a doubt, Egypt has played a key and perhaps unparalleled role in the last two centuries of Middle Eastern Islam, and…

Four Reasons Why Egypt’s Revolution Is Islamic

By Zaid Hassan

…by the “Facebook Generation.” Although correct, they ignore the fact that any Egyptian belonging to the “Facebook Generation” is likely to be “elite” in terms of the wider Egyptian demographics. You are not likely to be on Twitter if you earn under $2 per day, as most people in Egypt do. Despite what we’re seeing in Tahrir Square, the Facebook Generation (including the April 6 Youth Movement) as a serious force for political organization is a dubi…

Confusion Reigns on Cairo Streets

By H.A. Hellyer

…testors have been set upon, and now, increasingly, there are voices around Egypt making themselves heard against the protestors. I even heard, as I was walking around Cairo’s streets, people essentially blaming the violence in Tahrir on the anti-government protestors themselves—not because they thought the protestors had become violent, but they had essentially brought the violence upon themselves. On the other side, many took the violence as a si…

4 Reasons Why Egypt’s Revolution Is Not Islamic

By Haroon Moghul

…ers that took place in the heat of demonstrations—and we can see it in the number of Egyptian women who veil (though many don’t and still strongly identify with Islam, whether culturally or religiously, personally or publicly). Egypt’s society is a deeply Muslim one, and the very success of this non-political religious project has negated the need for a confrontational Islam. Egyptians know their religious identity is not under threat. ElBaradei,…

Paranoia Over Foreigners in Egypt Eclipsed by Cooperation

By H.A. Hellyer

…the crowd, or donated by the tea-shop owner – its just another part of the Egypt I have always known. But the Egypt I have known would never have seen people feeling free to voice their criticisms of the president so strongly or openly – that type of attitude certainly existed prior to this uprising, but was limited to private meetings, or outside of Egypt. In that Square, while it is still the same country that we have always known, there was som…

The Risks of Remaining Neutral on Egypt

By Haroon Moghul

…oudest applause wasn’t about Islam or Palestine or Iraq. It was about democracy. When President Obama struggled to determine from which city he should deliver his address to the world’s many Muslims, he chose Cairo. Here’s another chance for a new beginning: A real message of hope and change to Egypt would ripple far across her borders….

On Cairo Streets, No Support for Islamist State

By H.A. Hellyer

…erhood would take over, and Israel would be threatened. One the streets of Egypt, though, the discussion was rather different. Many who had supported the protests now argued that since Mubarak had said he would not run again, it was time to go home and prepare for the future. If Mubarak just fled, then the country might fall apart completely. On the pro-Mubarak side . . . actually, there was not much of a pro-Mubarak side to listen to. There were…

Pricey Tickets, Cranky Citizens, and Priests Behind Bars as Philadelphia Prepares For Papal Visit

By Anthea Butler

…to continue to shrink into the insularity and disorganization that caused the Philadelphia Archdiocese to decline so precipitously? It remains to be seen. Meanwhile, faithful Catholics and others who want to see the Pope may be losing heart. 10,000 tickets for the Pope’s Speech at Independence Mall sold out in two minutes on Tuesday, with 394k people trying their best to get a few. Tickets are already being scalped at $100 and up on craigslist. I…