Israeli-Palestinian conflict (38 Viewers)

[GordoDeCentral]

Stifling hardline Islam is a pro democratic move to be fair.

it is, but this is more a message from the regime confirming that it will not tolerate any islamically leaning orgs, which is not democratic.

 

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[Fred]

Stifling hardline Islam is a pro democratic move to be fair.

Syria is as undemocratic as they get mate


Has nothing to do with modernity or a shift towards democracy, like Deneb said its all about regime survival, especially for dictators like Bashar el Assad. Islamist organizations and movements are one of the most threatening to their survival.

Its like Libya's decision to ban people from staying in mosques after the prayers.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

In what way will they do this?

just an example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hama_massacre at the end of the day, regime must survive no matter the price

 

[Fred]

In this particular case, the decision has satisfied most parties though. Most of the students families have been demanding that burqa's be banned from university's for a while now. Teachers and instructors too.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

In this particular case, the decision has satisfied most parties though. Most of the students families have been demanding that burqa's be banned from university's for a while now. Teachers and instructors too.

i agree with the decision of course, but the intentions behind it are wrong and this will be just the beginning imo for example in the case of france at first it was ran on a laicity platform but since that failed(because jews can and will wear yarmulkes wherever they want it shifted to security concerns, now tell me could anyone in syria even sneeze without the government knowing of it?

 

[Fred]

i agree with the decision of course, but the intentions behind it are wrong and this will be just the beginning imo for example in the case of france at first it was ran on a laicity platform but since that failed(because jews can and will wear yarmulkes wherever they want it shifted to security concerns, now tell me could anyone in syria even sneeze without the government knowing of it?

In Syria, they say that the walls have ears and that they work for the "mo5abarat". I doubt you can sneeze without the gvt knowing about it

 

[Fred]

This is what the minister of higher education said about the decision(My rough translation):

"Our students are like our children, we will not let them be exposed to such extremist and radical ideas. The Syrian community has proven throughout history their ability to respond to such radical habits"

 

[GordoDeCentral]

This is what the minister of higher education said about the decision(My rough translation):

"Our students are like our children, we will not let them be exposed to such extremist and radical ideas. The Syrian community has proven throughout history their ability to respond to such radical habits"

how do we define radical? what legal or democratic process was followed to determine this?

 

[Fred]

They're Alawites, to them the niqab is linked to the salafist movement. Alawites and Salafists are on opposing sides of the Islamic thought spectrum, i would imagine that had a lot to do with their decision too.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

i know it was a rhetorical question, as in a land of law theres some kinda process followed to enact a law

 

[Enron]

Like Saddam with the Kurds.

 

[Fred]

i know it was a rhetorical question, as in a land of law theres some kinda process followed to enact a law

Ah, so we're not talking about Syria anymore

 

[Azzurri7]

In Syria, they say that the walls have ears and that they work for the "mo5abarat". I doubt you can sneeze without the gvt knowing about it

Yeah, ask us Lebanese about the Syrian secret service.

 

[ReBeL]

It seems an interesting book:

http://markbraverman.org/fatal-embrace/

 

[ReBeL]

Germany said it will receive a Palestinian guy from Guantanamo to put him in a mental hospital after he lost his mind under the US democracy.

 

[ReBeL]

Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 2010

http://www.thelancet.com/health-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-2010

 

[ReBeL]

For those who understand Arabic, this evening Aljazeera will broadcast the first part of a documentary about the legend Naji Al-Ali.

 

[Yamen]

time?

 

[ReBeL]

time?

Maybe 8 PM Riyadh time, but I'm not sure.

 

[ReBeL]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/22/newsid_2516000/2516089.stm

He was the voice of the refugees abroad. After he was murdered, refugees abroad were almost forgotten.