Friday April 27, 2012

I've Been Thinking:

The Egyptian election for president is taking place next month. As of now 13 candidates have been approved to run.

Yesterday a panel of Islamic leaders endorsed Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate. The reason the committee formed and then issued an endorsement is that Abdel Moneim Abolfotoh recently split from the Muslim Brotherhood and is mounting a more practical and more realistic Islamic campaign.

The two candidates are certain to split the Muslim Brotherhood vote.

This announcement and the meeting that preceding it were meant to undercut Abolfotoh's campaign.

The campaign is not liberal by any means - but it is more practical. That might just speak to Egyptian Islamic voters. And if it does, then the Muslim Brotherhood will watch the presidency slip through their fingers

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