WOW: ISLAMISTS WIN 65% OF EGYPT'S PARLIAMENT!

The party formed by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s mainstream Islamist group [WTF?!?!?], 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 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.

THANKS OBAMA!

BTW: IF THE MB IS MAINSTREAM, THEN EGYPT IS WORSE OFF THAN I THOUGHT!

THE FALL OF EGYPT IS AS CALAMITOUS TO THE WEST AND MODERNITY AND WORLD PEACE AS THE FALL OF THE SHAH.

AND THE RETREAT INTO ISLAMISM WILL BE AS DISASTROUS FOR EGYPTIANS AS IT HAS BEEN FOR PERSIANS.

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