Egypt’s Islamist revival most evident at the grass roots (o rly?)

Washington Post ^ | October 16, 2012 | Abigail Hauslohner

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Hamdi Gamal was interrogated by a district prosecutor last week about whether he believes in God. His girlfriend’s family had insisted that the pair be charged with promoting atheism after they were seen strolling together in public—a humiliation, as far as the family was concerned, in their increasingly conservative town. Atheism is not technically a crime in Egypt, but that may not stop Gamal and his girlfriend from being tried for it. …

In the void of justice and security on Egypt’s streets, the directives of law enforcement that once flowed from the top down now increasingly flow the other way as a population empowered by the strength of revolution has sought to define a new society—with or without the central government’s support.

Entangled in that grass-roots pursuit of justice is a rising religiosity that has taken Egypt by storm since Mubarak’s fall. Islamists dominate the assembly tasked with drafting Egypt’s new constitution. But it is outside the halls of government—in the streets, mosques, schools and courts—where Egypt’s Islamist revival is redefining the rights and responsibilities of ordinary citizens. …

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Remember when the mainstream media claimed that the “grass roots” revolution in Egypt was interested in liberalism and democracy, and that they were the majority?

Notice how the MSM gets concerned now only when atheists are persecuted . . . not Copts or other Christians. They are quite full of it.