The Danish cartoon pebble hit the Islamic pond, and the repercussions radiate ever outward. I think the name of the Iranian military maneuver discussed in the previous post may also have something to do with the cartoons.
Israel and Denmark are Egypt's worst enemies, according to a poll measuring Egyptian attitudes to various countries published this week by a government body.
The study conducted by the cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center, which questioned a random sample of 1,000 Egyptians over the age of 18, found that 92 percent consider Israel an enemy despite a peace deal signed in 1979 by both countries.
Only two percent of Egyptians interviewed considered Israel a "friend".
And that's better than I would expect!
Over 60 percent of Egyptians also consider Denmark an enemy, after caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed were published in a Danish newspaper in 2005 sparking anger, and sometimes violence, across the Muslim World. Egypt's population is 90 percent Muslim.
Egypt's third enemy is the United States, according to over 50 percent of those interviewed for the poll.
On the other hand, Egypt's closest friend is considered by 92 percent of respondents to be Saudi Arabia, followed closely by Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan and Syria.
The cabinet body interviewed people by phone between August 31 and September 3, 2006.
(Hat Tip:
Big Pharaoh)
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