With a totalitarian party to vote for….

Officials of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s leading Islamic group, have called for the establishment of a Saudi-style modesty police to combat “immoral” behavior in public areas in what observers say in another sign of a growing Islamic self-confidence in the post-Mubarak era.
In the political sphere, the Brotherhood led a successful drive to get voters to approve a package of constitutional amendments. On the street level, at least 20 attacks were perpetrated against the tombs of Muslim mystics (suffis), who are the subject of popular veneration but disparaged by Islamic fundamentalists, or salafis. After some initial hesitation, Islamic leaders have publicly praised the revolution.

You know, we could solve a lot of problems in this old world if, every time a car went up in smoke in Paris, Volvo owners took to the streets to behead imams.

“A mob of deranged ululating blood-lusting head-hackers slaughter Norwegian female aid-workers and Nepalese guards — and we’re the ones with the problem?”

Maxed Out Mama – Ya know, I think it might have more to do with the “Kill Team” photos and also the long-running UN flap over defamation of religion. Some background. Something momentous happened at the UN Human Rights council in late March…
You know, we could solve a lot of problems in this old world if someone reminded Karzai that’s he’s always one unscheduled midnight helicopter drop from a “handover” of the Presidency.

Then killings broke out in Afghanistan — but, so far, nowhere else. Why Afghanistan? How did the Afghans know about it? Well, it appears that President Karzai told them. Why did he do that? Perhaps because it might give him some leverage in negotiations with America.

(Bumped)