May 26, 2012

The Facebook Caliphate

Mark Steyn, National Review

AP Photo

So how's that old Arab Spring going? You remember - the "Facebook Revolution." As I write, they’re counting the votes in Egypt’s presidential election, so by the time you read this the pecking order may have changed somewhat. But currently in first place is the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi, who in an inspiring stump speech before the students of Cairo University the other night told them, “Death in the name of Allah is our goal."

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TAGGED: Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, Facebook

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