Jordanian Students Rebel, Embracing Conservative Islam
 

The new face of Jordan? Generation sharia comes to the forefront. Maybe they should live in Iran for awhile under the mullahs and see how they like that utopian idea. :rolleyes:

Richard's $.02 :munchin


Muhammad Fawaz is a very serious college junior with a stern gaze and a reluctant smile that barely cloaks suppressed anger. He never wanted to attend Jordan University. He hates spending hours each day commuting.

As a high school student, Mr. Fawaz, 20, had dreamed of earning a scholarship to study abroad. But that was impossible, he said, because he did not have a “wasta,” or connection. In Jordan, connections are seen as essential for advancement and the wasta system is routinely cited by young people as their primary grievance with their country.

So Mr. Fawaz decided to rebel. He adopted the serene, disciplined demeanor of an Islamic activist. In his sophomore year he was accepted into the student group affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, Jordan’s largest, most influential religious, social and political movement, one that would ultimately like to see the state governed by Islamic law, or Shariah. Now he works to recruit other students to the cause.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/24/wo...er=rss&emc=rss

Give them a few more years and they will turn that country upside down. These guys are like the Chinese, they think in years or decades - centuries. They have a plan and are not in any hurry because they know with time comes their goal.:munchin