Repressing
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Indeed, the military, the bulwark of Mubarak’s regime, is now in charge in Egypt, and has been
repressing
, jailing, and killing protesters who dare to stand up.
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Yes, there really was a health clinic in Michigan that really prescribed a STRICT vegetarian diet, repeated enemas and was dedicated to
repressing
sexual urges.
As a result, Arab nationalist governments feel justified in resisting serious political reform and vindicated in
repressing
all domestic opposition, particularly the swelling Islamist movements.
Repressing
political Islam, or attempting to “erase” Islamists militarily with total disregard for national political processes (not to mention human life), is not the answer, because it won’t persuade electorates to turn away from Islamist movements.
Like their Algerian counterparts – who in 1992 approved of the Algerian army’s suppression of an Islamist electoral victory, leading to years of brutal fighting that left perhaps a half-million dead – many Egyptians didn’t mind
repressing
Islamists.
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