Recipe for Muslims in the Middle East.

Here is the recipe for success for the Middle Eastern countries going thru the Arab spring.

First a total disavowal of autocracy and dictatorship.

Secondly, a disavowal of any resort to force or violence.

Thirdly we have to rely on the principles of freedom, public opinion, and respect for our fellow human beings as values needed to foster and advance progress. With them at our disposal it can be achieved.

Fourthly, we must learn to accept from Western civilization the value of science and scientific method without any argument. Nothing else should be automatically accepted without a full discussion of our current realities. With that in mind we should be prepared to get rid of all the fetters that tie us down, whether ancient or modern.

This is the most amazing part of the recipe: It was written in 1974 by Naguib Mahfouz in his novel Karnak Cafe.
A man who knew then, what was needed. Its simple and easy. Now can we please follow it.