Will The Unrest In Egypt Spread To Other Countries?

What Happens In Egypt Will Not Stay in Egypt -- Youssef Ibrahim, Special To The Sun

The country described by Greek historian Herodotus and Napoleon Bonaparte as the “gift of the Nile” has just gone through its second revolution removing two presidents in two years. Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in 2011 after 32 years of dictatorial rule while Mohammad Morsi, his Muslim Brotherhood successor, barely lasted a year. Both were swept away by a popular uprising, which is far from over.

If anything Revolution II is reverberating across the Arab and Muslim worlds, posing an open challenge to politicized Islam.Iran and Hezbollah, the two seats of Shiite Islam in the Middle East, have been baffled. On one hand they have had no greater enemy than Egypt's Sunni leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose hatred of Shiites transcends their loathing of liberals, secularists, and atheists.

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My Comment: I have always argued that Islam needs some form of reformation and accommodation .... but is the unrest in Egypt a precursor to the future of the Islam world? My answer .... only time will tell.