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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Al Qaeda Chief: Egypt Coup Shows Democracy Corrupt"
Al Qaeda Chief: Egypt Coup Shows Democracy CorruptBy AP / Maamoun Youssef at Time
http://world.time.com/2013/08/03/al-qaeda-chief-egypt-coup-shows-democracy-corrupt/
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(CAIRO) Al Qaedas leader said the military coup that ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi provides proof that Islamic rule cannot be established through democracy and urged the Islamist leaders followers to abandon the ballot box in favor of armed resistance.
In a 15-minute audio message posted online late Friday, Ayman al-Zawahri also lashed out at the Egyptian military, the countrys secular and liberal elites as well as the Coptic Christian minority, accusing them of conspiring against Morsi solely because he was an Islamist.
Egypts army ousted Morsi, the countrys first democratically elected leader, on July 3 after days of mass protests demanding the presidents removal. The coup has divided the nation into rival camps, with an array of liberal and secular Egyptians supporting the militarys move and Morsis supporters and Islamist allies rejecting it.
We have to admit first that legitimacy does not mean elections and democracy, but legitimacy is the Shariah (Islamic law) which is above all the constitutions and laws, al-Zawahri said in comments addressed to Morsis supporters.
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"Al Qaeda Chief: Egypt Coup Shows Democracy Corrupt" (Original Post)
applegrove
Aug 2013
OP
I was kinda hoping the reaction would be "we need to spread this antidemocracy bullshit al qaeda is
applegrove
Aug 2013
#2
Let's hear this dude out. If we just sit down and talk with him and give in to all his demands...
millennialmax
Aug 2013
#4
Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)1. Who gives a shit what this asshole has to say about anything?
A couple of trillions later and we still have this piece of shit spewing his bile? I want our money back for things that will actually keep Americans alive.
applegrove
(118,767 posts)2. I was kinda hoping the reaction would be "we need to spread this antidemocracy bullshit al qaeda is
around the world". But I hear ya.
tumtum
(438 posts)3. Somewhere out there is a drone with a Hellfire missile with his name on it.
millennialmax
(331 posts)5. How DARE you suggest such extrajudicial evil.
millennialmax
(331 posts)4. Let's hear this dude out. If we just sit down and talk with him and give in to all his demands...
The U.S. will never be attacked again.
msongs
(67,438 posts)6. but our government tells us al queda is no longer a threat cuz we droned them all to death nt
applegrove
(118,767 posts)7. My take on this is that al qaeda has
just marginalized itself. No kid on the internet talking democracy or dreaming of a career doing something interesting or meaningfull is going to want to have anything to do with the caliphate dreams of al qaeda. I hope this story goes viral in the Middle East.