There is nothing more testifying for dictatorship and tyranny in world societies than the Arab states. Twenty two Arab states, replacing the pre-Islamic twenty two tribes, with predominantly Islamic population, are the reminiscent remains of European colonialism at the end of WWI, handed over to them by force by the Ottoman Empire (1453-1915) and left over by the Islamic Caliphate, lurk in absolute dictatorship and are submitted to authoritarian one man rule. From decadent absoulte monrachies in Morocco, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Qatar and the Emirates, to the absolute one man presidents of Algeria, Syria, Yemen, Mauritania and Sudan and Lebanon. The rest of those newly awakened states such as Tunesia and Libya and Egypt are ruled also by one man ruler, whether the military or the head of the so-called NTC in Libya( an ex-minister of justice in the regime of the tyrant Khaddafi.
It seems that the institution of the ancient kings and Pharaohs has been inherited by the Muslims Caliphs, kings, emirs and presidents. Islam is totally against any one man rule system. It is against any Pharaonic system and especially against monarchies and monarchs. The Saudi system( a Sunnite system is the farthest away system labelled as Islamic and there is nothing of islam in it. Just like the Iranian Islamic republic is so far away from Islam since the Imamate system is invented by the Shiite and is against the essence and form of Islam. In Islam there is no clergy system.
But anything is valid for a one man dictatorship. This has dominated the Arab, as well as the Islamic world scene ever since a social gathering was formed. This system of concentrating power in one individual, emanates from the tribal chief system before sedentary societies.
The Arab awaking, after centuries of the dark and middle ages of the Arabs, is now taking place and not form. It lacks in any perspectives for it is torn by the west and the east, by slogans for freedom, dignity, patriotism and democracy. Until now the awakened Arab states lack in order, in perspective, in work plans, in directionality and in finality. Mobocracy dominates and the army finds itself best placed to lead, from behind the scenes the awakened states. It would be a pity for such uprisings to sacrifice so much in order to establish a new dictatorship, in one form or another. For it has always been the case in history, whether old or recent, that a dictator is replaced by another. As long as elections to be held and universal suffrage is the rule then the rise of just another tryrant is in view. After all King Farouk was replaced by the dictator Gamal Abd Al Nasser in the name of democracy and social equaity and the Shah of Iran was replaced, in the Persian state, by an Ayatullah in the name of Islam , mounting to the same thing and the same phenomenon.
It seems that the institution of the ancient kings and Pharaohs has been inherited by the Muslims Caliphs, kings, emirs and presidents. Islam is totally against any one man rule system. It is against any Pharaonic system and especially against monarchies and monarchs. The Saudi system( a Sunnite system is the farthest away system labelled as Islamic and there is nothing of islam in it. Just like the Iranian Islamic republic is so far away from Islam since the Imamate system is invented by the Shiite and is against the essence and form of Islam. In Islam there is no clergy system.
But anything is valid for a one man dictatorship. This has dominated the Arab, as well as the Islamic world scene ever since a social gathering was formed. This system of concentrating power in one individual, emanates from the tribal chief system before sedentary societies.
The Arab awaking, after centuries of the dark and middle ages of the Arabs, is now taking place and not form. It lacks in any perspectives for it is torn by the west and the east, by slogans for freedom, dignity, patriotism and democracy. Until now the awakened Arab states lack in order, in perspective, in work plans, in directionality and in finality. Mobocracy dominates and the army finds itself best placed to lead, from behind the scenes the awakened states. It would be a pity for such uprisings to sacrifice so much in order to establish a new dictatorship, in one form or another. For it has always been the case in history, whether old or recent, that a dictator is replaced by another. As long as elections to be held and universal suffrage is the rule then the rise of just another tryrant is in view. After all King Farouk was replaced by the dictator Gamal Abd Al Nasser in the name of democracy and social equaity and the Shah of Iran was replaced, in the Persian state, by an Ayatullah in the name of Islam , mounting to the same thing and the same phenomenon.
