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This great video of Nasser posted on Michael Collins Dunn’s blog (which is one of my favorites incidentally) ...
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This great video of Nasser posted on Michael Collins Dunn’s blog (which is one of my favorites incidentally) ...
— Qifa Nabki
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3 comments:
Too bad that so many Americans would find this picture very sinister. The confusion among religious piety (which characterizes Egyptians, just as it does Americans), political Islam (eg, Muslim Brothers) and the exploitation of religious identity by extremists (eg, Al Qaeda) shows up even in the writing of otherwise savvy commentators. Lesley Gelb is an example. Les is one of the more reputable of many folks pointing to Egyptian Muslim Brothers with rising alarm.
The Brothers said today they won't run a Presidential candidate and don't even want a cabinet position,
To NewArabica: I don't have a video feed (I just post others) and my RSS is available through links on the website. Go right ahead and use me.
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