Barry Rubin explains:
Why Islamists MuBro’s Always Win “Fair” Elections
(M)oderates are not united or disciplined. They are also more poorly funded and more naïve about how to operate politically than the Islamists. The Islamists, or at least some of them (and that’s all that’s necessary) are prepared to use intimidation and violence; the moderates not. And that’s all in addition to having the advantage of appealing to a very powerful, deep-seated religious belief held by the majority
A supporter of Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood holds a copy of the Koran, Islam’s holy book, as he shouts slogans during a demonstration in Cairo’s Nasr City on December 14, 2012. (thanks to Pamela)
Related:
Opposition claims fraud in Egypt vote
Egyptians vote for Sharia — or else. “Violence flares in Cairo as Egyptians vote,” by Tamim Elyan and Yasmine Saleh for Reuters, December 15 via JW.
CAIRO (AFP) – Counting was under way early Sunday after a first-round referendum on a divisive new constitution pushed through by President Mohamed Morsi and his Islamist allies despite weeks of opposition protests.
Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood and main media outlets said that, based on very early unofficial figures, it appeared that the polling was trending towards 70 percent support for the draft charter.
But the opposition disputed that, saying its preliminary figures suggested that 66 percent of the voters had rejected the proposed constitution. It claimed the Muslim Brotherhood had sought to “rig” the vote.
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* Egypt: Islamic supremacists attack opposition party paper with Molotov cocktails
And they didn’t even publish a cartoon of the false prophet.
they should have understood before : once you elect a MB as president …you are there for good…
Freedom, ‘democracy’…even the Copts did NOT understand it was all a maneuver for islamists to take control, facebook, tweeter and all the BS of arab spring……
Mubarak was the best option for the country, now it is too late, and people like elbaradei are even worse…They know, but they don t care for the people, only want to be the rais…, does not matter with whom they have to make coalition…
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