tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post5180901099681355666..comments2024-03-29T14:16:22.204+02:00Comments on Egyptian Chronicles: Akhbar Al Youm Website is hacked because of a cartoonZeinobiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-23352800031899149582011-06-07T20:30:11.205+02:002011-06-07T20:30:11.205+02:00Anonymous 11:38 AM, to be fair, most people in the...Anonymous 11:38 AM, to be fair, most people in the West don't face the typical choice many ordinary Egyptians face, of either losing their families to starvation, disease and/or homelessness, or soliciting bribes or "overcharging".<br /><br />For example, in Egypt if a plumber charges you LE 100 for coming to your house and making a simple repair, he's considered to be dishonest, but in Canada, where I used to live many years ago, plumbers charged $120/hour for the visit, not counting parts. That's nearly LE 600 for one hour, but nobody calls him a thief. <br /><br />Similarly, in the West they can't even imagine monthly salaries like LE 350 or 600 and the minimum wage that Egyptians consider so wildly high, LE 1200, is less than 3 days' income for a minimum wage worker there.<br /><br />Yet the cost of living here is far from cheap -- in fact it's quite high compared to a lot of Western countries. Also, in Canada, for example, all citizens have access to an excellent free health care system, unemployment insurance, welfare for those who have no income, superb public education and free access to lovely public parks, plus a great system of public transportation that is not too expensive, etc. Poor citizens also have the same human and legal and civil rights as rich people, in theory AND in practise.<br /><br />I wonder how people in the West would act if they lived under a system like the one Egyptians have been enduring for decades? I bet they'd act much, much worse.<br /><br />The real moral sin is denying workers the right to a fair wage and demanding that they be "honest", hardworking and "productive" when they are malnourished, sick and unable to provide even the basic necessities for their families, including a decent education and shelter, or even clean water to drink.<br /><br />Especially when those who self-righteously accuse them of being greedy are all too often themselves living quite comfortably (even quite luxuriously), not particularly honest themselves and producing much, much less of value to the society, yet congratulating themselves on their superior morality.<br /><br />BTW, I'm not attacking you personally, Anonymous, just letting off steam about the terribly immoral SYSTEM that needs to be transformed before we make moral comparisons.Alicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-12913086433346014242011-06-07T11:38:36.861+02:002011-06-07T11:38:36.861+02:00Alice said...
People who think that Islam has...Alice said...<br /><br /> People who think that Islam has anything to do with a white galabeya and the niqab are the ones who insult Islam.<br /><br /> People who insist that mocking hypocrital opportunists who pretend to be pious Muslims for personal gain is the same as mocking Islam, insult Islam.<br /><br /> People who claim to be "defending Islam" but use or advocate fascist ways to silence dissent and impose their self-serving opinions on others, insult Islam.<br /><br /> People who allow ignorant fanatics and bullies to hijack Islam and speak on its behalf, insult Islam.<br /><br /> How shameful that more than a century later, some Egyptians are still not capable of understanding what the great thinker and human being Mohamed Abduh said: "I went to the West and found Islam but no Muslims. I returned to the East and saw Muslims but no Islam."<br /><br /><br /> Well said Alice!!!<br />The ignorance of Islam here in Egypt is shocking!!!<br />Niqab has nothing at all to do with Islam. <br />Copts wore niqab not so long ago in Egypt.<br />The problem with Egyptian Muslims is they really know so very little about ISLAM. They think that it is all about praying 5 times a day and choosing what foot to use to enter the bathroom. There is more Islam in the West for sure. At least you can go into any shop and not be robbed blind. Here in the land of Islam you will rarely find and shop or businessman who will not cheat or rob you!!!!<br />Coptic woman in niqab!<br />http://hbdchick.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/coptic-woman.jpg?w=460&h=534Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-84368377825682206002011-06-05T22:18:12.092+02:002011-06-05T22:18:12.092+02:00Haha! that video is gold. I always knew at the dep...Haha! that video is gold. I always knew at the depth of our financial problems was the lack of spoils of war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-87922628249426613222011-06-05T20:19:12.530+02:002011-06-05T20:19:12.530+02:00People who think that Islam has anything to do wit...People who think that Islam has anything to do with a white galabeya and the niqab are the ones who insult Islam.<br /><br />People who insist that mocking hypocrital opportunists who pretend to be pious Muslims for personal gain is the same as mocking Islam, insult Islam.<br /><br />People who claim to be "defending Islam" but use or advocate fascist ways to silence dissent and impose their self-serving opinions on others, insult Islam.<br /><br />People who allow ignorant fanatics and bullies to hijack Islam and speak on its behalf, insult Islam.<br /><br />How shameful that more than a century later, some Egyptians are still not capable of understanding what the great thinker and human being Mohamed Abduh said: "I went to the West and found Islam but no Muslims. I returned to the East and saw Muslims but no Islam."Alicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-11715358501635501032011-06-05T17:44:02.905+02:002011-06-05T17:44:02.905+02:00I don't see anything in the cartoon that insul...I don't see anything in the cartoon that insults Islam....omarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-81030082385468342202011-06-05T16:19:24.418+02:002011-06-05T16:19:24.418+02:00Here I am doing my link-enabling magic as per read...Here I am doing my link-enabling magic as per reader request. Egyptian Shaykh Abi-Ishaq al-Huwayni: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1DNzSJ8mVo" rel="nofollow">Jihad is the solution for Muslims' financial problems</a>. This is a must-see. Beyond parody.Jasonhttp://elnaschiewatch.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-38710163563907036632011-06-05T15:42:09.510+02:002011-06-05T15:42:09.510+02:00"I have always been a fan of this duo and alt..."I have always been a fan of this duo and although I firmly believe in the freedom of expression, I totally disagree with these kind of insulting cartoons which target a religion, race, or ethnicity". <br />Really? You Believe in FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION -an Absolute Requirement for Any Society that wants to be Considered Democratic, Freedom Loving, Progressive and .... Belonging to the 21st Century (and Not the 8th Century as Islamism does), YET..... YET.... You Disagree with the Very Mildly criticising Cartoon (from what I can see and Read).... I am afraid, Egypt IS GOING BACKWARDS, Instead of (even Remotely) endeavouring to Join the Civilised, FREE, Democratic World and the 21st Century.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-57209389943077475392011-06-05T13:23:17.697+02:002011-06-05T13:23:17.697+02:00welcome to the new Egypt 1011 CE
http://www.youtub...welcome to the new Egypt 1011 CE<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1DNzSJ8mVo<br /><br />Jason do your magicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-5186176312332220912011-06-05T07:04:10.739+02:002011-06-05T07:04:10.739+02:00Good that you raise that incident! Another sad cas...Good that you raise that incident! Another sad case of a Muslim hypocrite, who (violating his own religion) uses force because "he cannot accept ...". Quran al kareem teaches us tolerance, but that hacker being a wannabe prophet has his own agenda and his own religion which is not our Islam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-33023625478683111012011-06-05T04:59:49.457+02:002011-06-05T04:59:49.457+02:00During Sadat's time, both Mostafa Hussein and ...During Sadat's time, both Mostafa Hussein and Ahmed Ragab were on Kadafi's assassination list because they kept showing him with his pants down and potty training.<br />I have always been a fan of this duo and although I firmly believe in the freedom of expression, I totally disagree with these kind of insulting cartoons which target a religion, race, or ethnicity.Hazemnoreply@blogger.com