A Preview of Muslim Brotherhood Democracy In Egypt: Slapping, Stabbing and Slaying

The following by  Raymond Ibrahim is reposted with permission:

Muslim Brotherhood 'Democracy'
Slapping, Stabbing, and Slaying for Sharia

by Raymond Ibrahim
Investigative Project on Terrorism
July 9, 2012

http://www.meforum.org/3282/muslim-brotherhood-democracy

Prior to Egypt's presidential elections, Islamists made clear that the electoral process was an obligatory form of "holy war." Then, any number of Islamic clerics, including influential ones, declared that it was mandatory for Muslims to cheat during elections—if so doing would help Islamist candidates win; that the elections were a form of jihad, and those who die are "martyrs" who will attain the highest levels of paradise. Top Islamic institutions and influential clerics, such as Yusuf al-Qaradawi, issued fatwas decreeing that all Muslims were "obligated" to go and vote for those candidates most likely to implement Sharia law, with threats of hellfire for those failing to do so.

Arlene Kushner On Implications of Mohammed Morsi Winning Egyptian Election

June 24, 2012: 

The "Arab Spring"

I waited until the official presidential election results in Egypt were announced before doing this post.  Word has just come out from the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission that, in the presidential election run-off, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Mohamed Morsi (or Mursi), has garnered 51.7 % of the vote, defeating former general Ahmed Shafik, who was prime minister under Mubarak.

Morsi, it should be noted, is a US-educated engineer, and spent time in jail during Mubarak's regime.

This is the first time in 60 years that the president of Egypt will not have come out of the military.

Barry Rubin: Egypt: A Muslim Brotherhood President Does Not Prove That We Are All “Chimps”

Egypt: A Muslim Brotherhood President Does Not Prove That We Are All “Chimps”

by Barry Rubin

"I just can’t do what I done before
I just can’t beg you anymore
I’m gonna let you pass
And I’ll go last
Then time will tell just who fell
And who’s been left behind
When you go your way and I go mine."
--Bob Dylan, "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine"


Muhammad al-Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, has become president of Egypt. But what does it mean to be president of Egypt? That’s the current question. Let me divide the discussion into two parts: What does this tell about “us” and what does this tell about Egypt and its future?

First, what does it tell about the West? The answer is that there are things that can be learned and understood, leading to some predictive power, but unfortunately the current hegemonic elite and its worldview refuses to learn.

What could be more revealing of that fact then the words off Jacqueline Stevens in the New York Times [Political Scientists Are Lousy Forecasters]: “Chimps randomly throwing darts at the possible outcomes would have done almost as well as the experts.” Well, it depends on which experts.