OutSyed The Box

OutSyed The Box


Tunisia Re-enters Club Of Doom

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:18 AM PDT

This is taken from a Middle East newspaper. I have truncated it.

Folks, if this bores you, I offer no apologies.  I want to say "I told you so" again. The Arab Spring does not mean a damn thing. They are still doomed.  The majority of the Arabs are still in deep trouble. 
  • Tunisia was where the Arab Spring began in January 2011.  Now 21 months later 'free' Tunisia is heading into the dumpster again. 
  • From Tunisia came the spark that ignited the whole Middle East, when young people fought for freedom and a better life. Today, hope is fading in Tunisia as it is in Egypt and in Libya.
  • government is not doing much to redress the economic situation that has been going from bad to worse since the revolution. Tourism is down and unemployment is up, an estimated 25% unemployed. 
  • Many of the young men and women who started the revolution are now fleeing the country to find a new life in Europe. Nearly 50% of the 60,000 illegal immigrants that arrived in Lampedusa in South Italy in the last months were from Tunisia.
And the street protests are still going on. Here is a picture. Tunisians are demonstrating AGAINST the Islamist Ennahda Party that came into power.


There was a guy called Lotfi Nagdh, who was considered the moving force behind the "Movement for Tunisia" - which helped topple the previous autocratic regime of Bin Ali. Well, Mr Lotfi Nagd has since been savagely beaten and killed - during a street demonstration organised by the Islamists AGAINST his organisation. Oh well.

Here is more news :
  • souring mood in Tunisia 
  • country ignited the revolutions throughout the Middle East
  • hopes young people had for freedom and a better life are fading. 
  • October 2011, Tunisia elected Constituent Assembly to draft constitution within a year. 
  • mood in the country pessimistic. 
  • hopes for democratic constitution dashed. 
  • Islamic forces fighting to determine the face of post-revolutionary Tunisia. 
  • Islamic forces trying to turn back the clock 
  • Salafists pushing to impose Shari'a through intimidation and violent demonstrations.
  • prevented the screening of Persepolis, a film critical of Iran 
  • rioted to protest a film produced by Tunisian Nadia El Fani
  • they vandalized exhibitions "not respectful of Islam."
  • Salafists call for mass demonstrations to demand Shari'a in constitution. 
  • In March, two Tunisians sentenced to 7 1/2 years  jail for  "mocking Islam." 
  • Article 3 : crimes against "the sacred" could be used by Islamist for blasphemy .
  • Article 28, women's rights, does not mention equality 
Folks, the Arabs  will never find a way to happiness. And here is an open  secret - neither will any human beings who believe in the Arab religion.  

Their only chance is the Quran - but then again the Quran is not the same as the Arab religion. The followers of the Arab religion dont know the difference. They are searching for a corner in a round room. They will never find it.  Doom.

Strange Royals Again

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 09:16 PM PDT


 Above right : Merry X'mas.  Above left : Papa.  
Some news :
  • Two Spanish courts rejected demands from two claimants to make 74-year old King (Juan Carlos) take a paternity test declaring that under Spain's constitution "the monarch cannot be held accountable".
  • Alberto Sola Jimenez, 56 and Ingrid Sartiau, 46 joined forces 
  • Mr Sola claims to have evidence that his mother had an affair with the King.
  • Mrs Sartiau claims her mother met King in Luxembourg where she was conceived.
  • "we were watching television. Juan Carlos flashed up and she said: 'That man's your father.'"

King Juan Carlos of Spain is quite a character. Last year he got into hot soup for shooting dead some elephants in Africa. What made it worse for him was that he was the Honorary President of the WWF in Spain. Here is the news :
  • ".. King Juan Carlos' unfortunate elephant hunting trip.  The public has called for the king's removal as honorary president of WWF-Spain."

This line is interesting : "..under Spain's constitution "the monarch cannot be held accountable".."  The Spanish are  still feudal in their attitude towards the King. They are also strong church goers.  It is no surprise that the Spanish are indeed among the more backward people in modern Europe - most certainly economically and socially.  They take a two hour lunch break everyday, their unemployment rate runs close to 20% and their country is in  deep sh*t. 

And if their King decides to crap in the street the people should say, "Long live the King's crap". Despite the 21st century, a European people can be so backward.  Maybe they too have not left the village.   

A Question About The Shia

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 07:01 AM PDT


The following comment was posted into my last blog post. I have reposted the comment here. Please comment if you wish to.
Tanpa prejudis, saya ingin bertanyakan, zaman Islam yang dibanggakan dulu itu zaman yang mana ya? Kerana seingat saya di sekolah ugama dan matapelajaran Islam disekolah, tokoh2 yg selalu dicanangkan ialah avicenna, khwarizmi, aljabbar, ibn razi et al.

Ya, mereka memang hebat. Dunia akademia ditembusi dengan theorem2 mereka yang menjadi ikutan barat dan dunia.

Saudara, sedarkah saudara mereka yg disebut diatas adalah golongan syiah.? Golongan yg majoriti rakyat islam sunnah waljamaah kita tolak dan kekadang mencaci maki atau menghina. Malah lebih spesifik mereka adalah golongan syiah twelver.

Bukan maksud saya merendahkan mereka, hanya mendedahkan betapa kita hina golongan tersebut yg pada sudut lain kita puji pula.

Hukhm hudud yg saudara highlightkan, adakah benar ia dari Allah, dan diajar Nabi kita, atau adakah ia konspirasi kerajaan pos - kemangkatan nabi untuk mengangkat martabat puak masing masing yang mengaku puak yg mengikut ajaran paling benar dan dijanjikan syurga. Lalu direndah2kan puak yg lain. Seperti maklum, umat islam berpecah belah selepas kemangkatan Nabi SAW
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