ScreamingEagle
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Obama's eagerness to show Mubarak the door is resulting in a country more opposed to the US than before...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/world/middleeast/voting-in-egypt-shows-mandate-for-islamists.html
CAIRO Islamists claimed a decisive victory on Wednesday as early election results put them on track to win a dominant majority in Egypts first Parliament since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the most significant step yet in the religious movements rise since the start of the Arab Spring.
The party formed by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypts mainstream Islamist group, appeared to have taken about 40 percent of the vote, as expected. But a big surprise was the strong showing of ultraconservative Islamists, called Salafis, many of whom see most popular entertainment as sinful and reject womens participation in voting or public life.
Analysts in the state-run news media said early returns indicated that Salafi groups could take as much as a quarter of the vote, giving the two groups of Islamists combined control of nearly 65 percent of the parliamentary seats.
That victory came at the expense of the liberal parties and youth activists who set off the revolution...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/world/middleeast/voting-in-egypt-shows-mandate-for-islamists.html
CAIRO Islamists claimed a decisive victory on Wednesday as early election results put them on track to win a dominant majority in Egypts first Parliament since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the most significant step yet in the religious movements rise since the start of the Arab Spring.
The party formed by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypts mainstream Islamist group, appeared to have taken about 40 percent of the vote, as expected. But a big surprise was the strong showing of ultraconservative Islamists, called Salafis, many of whom see most popular entertainment as sinful and reject womens participation in voting or public life.
Analysts in the state-run news media said early returns indicated that Salafi groups could take as much as a quarter of the vote, giving the two groups of Islamists combined control of nearly 65 percent of the parliamentary seats.
That victory came at the expense of the liberal parties and youth activists who set off the revolution...