Egypt Joins Michigan - Koran Is The Law Of The Land
From They’ll Vote For Shariah Every Time Department:
The Associated Press released a laughable story today, citing a Pew poll which says that a whopping sixty-two percent of Egyptians believe that their law should “strictly follow the teachings of the Koran…”.
To all of the Obama administration honchos who told us this revolt against the pro-America, pro-Israel Hosni Mubarak was a good, non-violent secular thing – the same ones who told us that it was all about democracy and libertad and setting the people of Egypt free from their bonds – you either lied to us or you’re incredibly stupid – or both. Via Drudge, here’s the AP report, with a whole lot of top spin to make the situation look like it’s not as bad as it really is:
“CAIRO(AP) — A majority of Egyptians believe laws in their country should observe the teachings of Islam’s holy book, the Quran, according to the results of an opinion poll by a U.S.-based research center.
The results also show that Egyptians, who have shifted toward religious conservatism over the past 40 or so years, are open to the inclusion of religious parties in future governments. Only a minority, however, sympathize with fundamentalist religious parties, according to the results.”
That “religious conservatism” line is a good one, isn’t it. The Egyptians have been religious liberals? Is that it? Until forty years ago? And then they somehow started to switch to religious conservatism? And religious parties are okay in future governments, but not fundamentalist parties? Don’t look now, but things don’t get much more “fundamental” than the Koran.
Sorry if I can’t stop laughing, yet. Here’s a really good part:
“…Overall, the results of the poll paint a picture of Egyptians as a people who prefer religious moderation over extremism and prize democratic values even if they come at the risk of some political instability…”
Oh, my God. Stop it, yer killin’ me here. The Koran’s moderate? That’s a good one. Get it? Read on:
“…Another 62 percent of Egyptians believe laws in their country should strictly follow the teachings of the Quran, though 27 percent thought it was enough that the laws reflect Islam’s general values and principles…”
Sixty-two percent want Koranic law? But, not to worry, because twenty-seven percent just want the law to reflect Islam’s general values and principles? Ever read any of Islam’s values and principles?
Ah, me. All that laughing made my sides hurt.
I’ve got a dozen glazed donuts right here that says the Muslim Brotherhood will end up in charge of the Islamic Republic of Egypt, as surely as Pastor Terry Jones has been banned from Dearborn, Michigan.
About John L. Work
John Lloyd Work has taken the detective thriller genre and woven an occasional political thread throughout his books, morphing what was once considered an arena reserved for pure fiction into believable, terrifying, futuristic, true-to-life “faction”.
He traveled the uniformed patrolman’s path, answering brutal domestic violence calls, high speed chases, homicides, suicides, armed robberies, breaking up bar fights, and the accompanying sporadic unpredictable moments of terror - which eventually come to all police officers, sometimes when least expected. He gradually absorbed the hard fact that the greatest danger a cop faces comes in the form of day-to-day encounters with emotionally disturbed, highly intoxicated people. Those experiences can wear a cop down, grinding on his own emotions and psyche. Prolonged exposure to the worst of people and people at their worst can soon make him believe that the world is a sewer. That police officer’s reality is a common thread throughout Work’s crime fiction books.
Following his graduation from high school, Work studied music and became a professional performer, conductor and teacher. Life made a sudden, unexpected turn when, one afternoon in 1976, his cousin, who eventually became the Chief of the Ontario, California, Police Department, talked him into riding along during a patrol shift. The musician was hooked into becoming a police officer.
After working for two years as a reserve officer in Southern California and in Boulder, Colorado, he joined the Longmont, Colorado Police Department. Work served there for seven years, investigating crimes as a patrolman, detective and patrol sergeant. In 1989 he joined the Adams County, Colorado Sheriff’s Office, where he soon learned that locking a criminal up inside a jail or prison does not put him out of business. As a sheriff’s detective he investigated hundreds of crimes, including eleven contract murder conspiracies which originated “inside the walls”.
While serving on the Adams County North Metro Gang Task Force and as a member of the Colorado Security Threat Intelligence Network Group (STING), Work designed a seminar on how a criminal’s mind formulates his victim selection strategy. Over a period of six years he taught that class in sheriff’s academies and colleges throughout Colorado. He saw the world of crime both inside the walls and out on the streets.
His final experiences in the criminal law field were with the Colorado State Public Defender’s Office, where for nearly two years he investigated felonies from the defense side of the Courtroom.
Twenty-two years of observing human nature at its worst, combined with watching some profound changes in America’s culture and political institutions, provided plenty of material for his first three books. A self-published author, he just finished writing his tenth thriller.
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