Posted on 11/30/2011 10:24:51 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
CAIRO -- Islamists claimed a decisive victory Wednesday as early election results put them on track to win a dominant majority in Egypt's first Parliament since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the most significant step yet in the religious movement's rise since the start of the Arab Spring.
The party formed by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's 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 women's participation in voting or public life.
Analysts in state-run media said early returns indicated that Salafi groups could take as much as 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, affirming their fears that they would be unable to compete with Islamists who emerged from the Mubarak years organized and with an established following. Poorly organized and internally divided, the liberal parties could not compete with Islamists disciplined by decades as the sole opposition to Mr. Mubarak.
"We were washed out," said Shady el-Ghazaly Harb, one of the most politically active of the group.
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Hope they like their new masters...
So much for the lessons of Iran...
I’m shocked, shocked. Who knew.
There’s still two more rounds of voting. Maybe the army will do something to blunt future gains in the next two elections.
One can only hope.
Obama knew.
He boasted that Israel was Americas greatest ally and posted his MB across northern Africa as guardians.
Oh what a surprise. /s
So the jihadist party has the majority, and the ultrajihadists party represents the loyal opposition - wonderful.
Oops
don’t you think it was nice of our government to train the Islamists in electoral politics?
/sarc
Even Ray Charles could see this one coming......
One man, one vote, one time. Once the Islamists gain control, they’ll keep it.
They’ll probably end up putting burkhas on the mummies and blowing the Pyramids because they are unIslamic.
Spring time for Islam and Sharia.
Egypt is happy this way.
We’re marching to a faster pace
Look out
Here comes the master race.
Don’t be stupid, be a smarty
Come and join the Islamist party!
Spring time for Islam and Sharia.
Means that soon we’ll be going
We’ve got to be going
You know we’ll be going to war!
...Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s mainstream Islamist group....”
Only in the parallel universe of the NYSlimes could the Muslim Brothers be considered mainstream.
Back during the arab spring I remember saying that in ten the great pyramid will be a mosque........ now I’m thinking it will be domed up in 10 months.
Take off and nuke it from orbit.
You stole all my lines.
Saw a pic on Tuesday`s Wall Street Journal of two Egyptian women marking their ballots. Hope they they enjoyed their one-time foray in political participation. The bad guys won big and life just got a whole lot darker for those women.
But, I`m sure the masses can take to Tarhir Square again if their new masters come across too heavy handed..
..oh, wait..
Hmmm...I am now trying to visualize the Sphinx wearing a burka.
So, the much-vaunted Arab Spring is going down the tubes.
But (says the media) lookee over here—another Cain accuser! /s
Would not suprise me if the military will very much “null and void” the election results.
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