The Shape Of Things To Come In Egypt?

In Hard-Liner’s Surge, New Worries For Brotherhood -- New York Times

CAIRO — Hazem Salah Abu Ismail is an old-school Islamist.

He wants to move toward abolishing Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel and cites Iran as a successful model of independence from Washington. He worries about the mixing of the genders in the workplace and women’s work outside the home. And he promises to bring extraordinary prosperity to Egypt, if it turns its back on trade with the West.

He has also surged to become a front-runner in the race to become Egypt’s next president, reconfiguring political battle lines here. His success may help explain why the United States offered signs of tacit approval over the weekend when the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamic group, broke its pledge not to field its own candidate.

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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to field presidential candidate -- CNN
Egypt's Brotherhood Names Presidential Candidate -- Wall Street Journal
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood criticized for presidential candidate -- Washington Post
In major reversal, Muslim Brotherhood will vie for Egypt's presidency -- Christian Science Monitor
In U-turn, Egypt's Brotherhood names presidential candidate -- Reuters
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to bid for presidency -- AP

My Comment: When the Muslim Brotherhood is regarded as the lesser of two evils .... that is when you know that you have a big problem.