February 11, 2011 would go into Arab, nay Islamic, nay world history as a red-letter day. It was the day when the numb-headed Egyptian president, dreaming of lifetime presidency, entered live into history.

That, however, is not the news. The 2-point news is that not a single dog barked when Mr. Hosni Mubarak boarded the plane for his plush resort in Sharm al Sheikh. And no member or sympathiser of the Ikhwanul Muslimeen threw a pebble during the 19-day at anyone.

Mr....

“Just listen to that roar,” urged a CNN correspondent in Egypt, as thousands of Egyptian protesters charged, fists pumped, against hundreds of armed Egyptian security forces. What a roar it was, indeed. The protests have shown the world that Arabs are capable of much more than merely being pitiable statistics of unemployment and illiteracy, or powerless subjects of ‘moderate’ but ‘strong’ leaders (an acronym for friendly dictators).

The times...

The moment the VP of Egypt Omar Suleman announced that the President General Hosni Mubarak stepped down following the mass uprising, the masses at the Tahrir Square and every nook and corner of the country were echoing the captioned slogan in an endless chain of enthusiasm and ecstasy. These were the rightful moments of deliverance from the clutches of a total dictatorship, and the people were quite honest to acclaim it with this spontaneous welcome.

It is the glorious reward of...

Mr. Syed Shahabuddin, President All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat has saluted the valiant people of Egypt and welcomed the victory of non-violent mass movement. In a statement on February 12, he said: “The AIMMM salutes the valiant people of Egypt who have, unitedly and through a nonviolent and democratic mass movement, brought down a despot, defeating his machinery of repression and thus written a new page in the history of their ancient land, and proved their credentials in the h...