Tariq Ramadan: Naïve to think Arab world toppled govts by protests

The Arab Spring is the West's rebound to emerging economies threatening the Western monopoly relations with Arab countries, Tariq Ramadan, professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University, shared with RT.

Islamists are attempting to capture the initiative of the Arab Awakening, as Ramadan labels it, but it is doubtful they can actually steal the show since they do not have support of the majority of the population in Arab countries.

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[TheJamil32]

I dont get what you said... I mean Husni Mubarak never opposed the zionists and due to the Arab Spring Mubarak has no power and it is the Islamists who have the power and they've opened borders with Gaza stopped handing Israel Egyptian gas... and recently Israelis undercover have been going into Egypt and killing military to cause problems between Egyptians and Palestinians, as in saying Palestinians are the ones going into Egypt and killing people which makes absolutely no sense at all.

[prosperityx3]

The exact same thing they did in Lebanon when they put Palestinians and Lebanese people against eachother.

[TheJamil32]

the reason Israel is so strong is because they have a power-house on their side called USA... Israel by itself is a failing project no doubt .. it is situated in the center of countries made up of people who oppose the way they go about society... the only reason Israel comes into power is due to the weakness of unity within the Arabs.. I do not oppose Jews.. I oppose Zionism.. and Judaism is NOT Zionism.. because if you read the Torah those Zionists in there are not doing what the Torah teaches

[exumarex]

dude it does make sense israel will be top of the world trust me no country has managed to become so powerful in just 60 years or so trust me its in the hadiths honestly

[elmoro moro]

This man is amazing, he is telling totally the truth of what happening in the Arab countries.

[younghustlaforlife]

hahaha the girl is just hypnotised by him this guy has charisma

[gehan406]

It is still to early to say whether the so called Arab Springs are positive or negative. As far as i kinow the Moslem Brothers came to power illegaly by bribing people with sugar and oil! Ok now they are in control...things dont seem to be getting better at all. As Tarek Ramadan says it is complex, very very complex. You can remove a dictator but you got another dictator!!

[KeenanKaos]

what did you do from your couch?

[MrMofo4eva]

shut the fuck up. u didnt do shit

[rubinood]

Typically slippery set of statements by Ramadan, master of double-speak. His poor students at Oxford ..