For those who think that deposing Mubarak is a good thing, consider this :
The Mubarak government announced a “complete” ban on genital mutilation in 2007, the second time it has done so - without success, for the Egyptian population ignored the enlightened pronouncements of its government. Do Western liberals cheer at this quiet revolt against Mubarak’s authority?
According to Forbes :
http://blogs.forbes.com/schifrin/2011/02/01/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-in-egypt/
According to a Pew opinion survey of Egyptians from June 2010, 59 percent said they back Islamists. Only 27% said they back modernizers. Half of Egyptians support Hamas. Thirty percent support Hizbullah and 20% support al Qaida. Moreover, 95% of them would welcome Islamic influence over their politics. When this preference is translated into actual government policy, it is clear that the Islam they support is the al Qaida Salafist version.
Eighty two percent of Egyptians support executing adulterers by stoning, 77% support whipping and cutting the hands off thieves. 84% support executing any Muslim who changes his religion.
wow, that is one screwed up religion. I will say that Mubarak and his police should have prosecuted anyone mutalating women like that and it would have deterred it a lot more!
Long, but interesting read. BTTT.