The latest from Bahrain, where it looks like the government blinked after an attempt at bloody suppression – from Al Arabiya:
Anti-government protesters in Bahrain swarmed back into a symbolic square on Saturday, putting riot police to flight in a striking victory for their cause and confidently setting up camp for a protracted stay.
Crowds had approached Pearl Square in Manama from different directions, creating a standoff with riot police who had moved in earlier to replace troops withdrawn on royal orders. Suddenly police raced to their buses, which drove away mounting kerbs in their haste to escape…
Meanwhile, there is a report that Libyan security forces have killed many in Benghazi; more worries about continued instability in Egypt; demonstrations in Syria and Djibouti; anti-government protesters shot in Yemen…the lid has definitely been torn off in the Moslem world. What will come next?
Impossible to say, but I doubt it will be a lot of good things. Fortunately our crackerjack State Department is on the job…oh, wait…
UPDATE: What do the Moslem Brotherhood types want? Ayaan Hirsi Ali explains:
‘Allah is our objective; the Prophet is our leader; the Quran is our law; Jihad is our way; dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” So goes the motto of the Muslim Brotherhood.
What’s extraordinary about this maxim is the succinct way that it captures the political dimension of Islam. Even more extraordinary is the capacity of these five pillars of faith to attract true believers. But the most remarkable thing of all is the way the Brotherhood’s motto seduces Western liberals…
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