Fake Deaths And Injuries In Egypt Aired On Al-Jazeera

No doubt there have been casualties in Egypt- that happens when two opposing sides engage in violence as they battle for power. But for a news outlet to stage something to further the agenda of one of those 'sides' is reprehensible. Raymond Ibrahim posted an interesting video demonstrating how some Arab media outlets do just that.

Al-Jazeera videotaped a scene showing a man bandaged and bleeding.  He looks like he is either dead or close to it. In the background you hear a woman screaming, apparently blasting the Egyptian military for "supposedly killing peaceful Brotherhood protesters."  We are to assume that this man was one of those injured or killed by the military. However, at about 8 seconds into the video below, as someone is about to lift the man's shirt to inspect what one would assume to be bullet wounds, you will see the 'unconscious' or 'dead' man raise his left leg and surreptitiously shove the person's hand away, while his eyes and the rest of his body remain immobile.  At :24 seconds the kicking is repeated several times.

How much of this is going on?

Ayatollah Khomeini Said No Compulsory Hijab In 1979

Many political figures make promises they don't keep, not because they can't but because oftentimes they have other ulterior motives and intentions. Fidel Castro came into power as a Socialist, and once he was firmly ensconced in the leadership of Cuba he revealed himself as a Communist. The same thing happened in Iran over 30 years ago, only this time it wasn't Communism but Islamism, and all the things that the Ayatollah Khomeini promised not to do, like force women to wear the hijab, were eventually instituted a few years after he took control.

This was on a secular Iranian's Facebook page:

Thirty years ago “Khomeini” claimed that everything is going to be free of charge from public transportation to tap water if an Islamic state establishes. He promised freedom of speech and assured that Hijab is not mandatory (see picture).

He, the trustee of people, gained the ruling power of the country and within the very first years of revolution many were made to migrate from Iran, many were arrested and many were executed. The executions reached its peak at 1988, not even a decade after establishment of a totalitarian state under Islam’s name.


A thirty years later people queued desperately at polling places (even outside Iran) to cast their votes with slightest glimmer of hope to elect a new president who made the promise of “Freedom”. The elections led to bloody clashes between people and security guards, police and Basidj paramilitary forces. A large number of opponents of the regime including many students had to leave the country and seek safety abroad. Those arrested faced harsh prison times, torture and even cases of sexual abuse were reported.

You'd think the people in those countries that voted for Islamists after the Arab Revolution would have looked to Iran to see what happened after they helped vote religious fundamentalists into power. It doesn't bode well for them, but it was their choice.