Re: Unrest spreads to Kuwait

[Guest guest]

Again, what they want isn't the same thing people in the US think of as freedoms. The push in Egypt and elsewhere is for a government based on Islam to one degree or another. There are even some such groups in the US who want to overthrow the existing system and replace it with a Sharia system.

In a message dated 3/9/2011 4:42:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes:

Security forces stood by as more demonstrators moved into an area outside a building holding key offices, including those of Kuwait's Emir and the Prime Minister, who is accused by pro-reform groups of stifling political freedoms and muzzling dissent.

[Guest guest]

" Again, what they want isn't the same thing people in the US think of as

freedoms. The push in Egypt and elsewhere is for a government based on Islam to

one degree or another. There are even some such groups in the US who want to

overthrow the existing system and replace it with a Sharia system. "

Put differently, what these people want is a unification of church and state,

which eliminates freedom for all those who are of a different religion than the

party that heads the state.

Administrator

[Guest guest]

" Again, what they want isn't the same thing people in the US think of as

freedoms. The push in Egypt and elsewhere is for a government based on Islam to

one degree or another. There are even some such groups in the US who want to

overthrow the existing system and replace it with a Sharia system. "

Put differently, what these people want is a unification of church and state,

which eliminates freedom for all those who are of a different religion than the

party that heads the state.

Administrator

[Guest guest]

Exactly. I've read some of the explanations on their own websites and they are calling for "submission to God" in all things including government. They want government based on the Koran and Surahs. That has worked so well in Afghanistan under the Taliban, in Iran, and elsewhere.

In the US the Founders believed that our freedoms were ordained by God but that government had to be secular, though it acknowledged where those freedoms came from and was supposed to defend them. This is a completely different concept that what they are calling for.

In a message dated 3/10/2011 3:17:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes:

Put differently, what these people want is a unification of church and state, which eliminates freedom for all those who are of a different religion than the party that heads the state.Administrator

[Guest guest]

Exactly. I've read some of the explanations on their own websites and they are calling for "submission to God" in all things including government. They want government based on the Koran and Surahs. That has worked so well in Afghanistan under the Taliban, in Iran, and elsewhere.

In the US the Founders believed that our freedoms were ordained by God but that government had to be secular, though it acknowledged where those freedoms came from and was supposed to defend them. This is a completely different concept that what they are calling for.

In a message dated 3/10/2011 3:17:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes:

Put differently, what these people want is a unification of church and state, which eliminates freedom for all those who are of a different religion than the party that heads the state.Administrator