Erick Stakelbeck, Terrorism analyst for CBN nails it on the realities of the Arab Spring, now turning into a Sharia-driven Arab Winter. He notes in a brief analysis the constellation of events that have occured within the past two days, that he believes points towards the emergence of a new Caliphate in the Ummah, especially Arab Muslim heartland, Tunisia, Libya and Syria.
He references the analysis of Prof. Barry Rubin that we posted about the emergence of heavy Muslim Brotherhood influence in the Syrian National Council opposition to the brutal regime of Bashar Assad in Syria. His analysis is amplified by an excellent post, The Tyrant is Dead, Long Live the Tyrant, by Sultan Knish aka Daniel Greenfield on the Libyan declaration of liberation from the tyranny of the late dictator Gaddafi, only to be replaced by a new tyranny, rule under Sharia. Stacklebeck goes on across the Ummah to deal with the hegemonic rise of Iran in the Gulf region and Pakistan's obdurance in the face of the failed Obama Administration policies there and in South Asia. His bottom line: "Islam uber alles."Here is Stackelbeck's analysis of the events in the Ummah:
Was October 23rd a Turning Point for the New Caliphate?
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 might very well be remembered as a major turning point in the march for areformed Islamic Caliphate. Here's why:
1) We learned that Islamists would be the likely winners in the Tunisian elections, in the first free vote of the so-called Arab Spring. Given that Tunisia is widely viewed as the most moderate Arab state, the election result--combined with the reemergence of formerly exiled Islamist leader Rachid Ghannouchi as a major power player--sends a distressing signal about the possibility for "democracy" in Tunisia. Of course, the mob attack on a synagogue in Tunis a few months back should have been the first sign of trouble.
2) We learned that the newly "liberated" Libya, trumpeted as a foreign policy triumph by the Obama administration, will enshrine strict Islamic law as the basis for governance, including such gems as a ban on interest and the legalization of polygamy. Ah, those freedom lovin' Libyan rebels. I wrote last Thursday that the most likely beneficiaries of a post-Gaddafi LIbya would be Al Qaeda/related Salafi groups, the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran.The interim government's full-throated embrace of sharia doesn't exactly make me alter my thinking. Read the rest on:
1) We learned that Islamists would be the likely winners in the Tunisian elections, in the first free vote of the so-called Arab Spring. Given that Tunisia is widely viewed as the most moderate Arab state, the election result--combined with the reemergence of formerly exiled Islamist leader Rachid Ghannouchi as a major power player--sends a distressing signal about the possibility for "democracy" in Tunisia. Of course, the mob attack on a synagogue in Tunis a few months back should have been the first sign of trouble.
2) We learned that the newly "liberated" Libya, trumpeted as a foreign policy triumph by the Obama administration, will enshrine strict Islamic law as the basis for governance, including such gems as a ban on interest and the legalization of polygamy. Ah, those freedom lovin' Libyan rebels. I wrote last Thursday that the most likely beneficiaries of a post-Gaddafi LIbya would be Al Qaeda/related Salafi groups, the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran.The interim government's full-throated embrace of sharia doesn't exactly make me alter my thinking. Read the rest on:
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