När valet till parlamentets underhus i Egypten börjar vara klart ser det ut som om Muslimska brödraskapets parti tar över 40 % av rösterna och det ännu strängare muslimska Nour partiet tar ca 20%.
Det väcker en del oro både i Egypten och utomlands att de muslimska partierna har så stort stöd.
'Egypt Islamists win nearly 2 thirds of seats'
"CAIRO - The Muslim
Brotherhood said on Saturday it had won at least 41 percent of the seats
in Egypt's lower house of parliament, with Islamists of various stripes
occupying almost two thirds of the assembly so far..."
Egyptians worried over 'morality squads' (Jerusalem Post)
"Suzie flops down on the chair and lets out a long breath. Quickly moving to her head, she unfastens her headscarf, the purple and silver head covering she wears during the day, and calmly lets her long black hair fall to her shoulders and down her back.
“I’ve
had it with this double life,” she told The Media Line at her Cairo
flat. “The problem is I wouldn’t have got my job if I wasn’t veiled so I
put it on during the day and take it off at night before going out with
friends,” she adds in perfect English, a hint of a British accent
coming through.
For
25-year-old Suzie, who is Muslim thanks to her father, Egypt has become a
dichotomy of faith and honor. Now, she fears the rise of online groups
espousing to uphold the country’s “morality.” These “morality police”
groups are gaining steam, and for many Egyptians, especially women, the
idea has them fearful that the country could quickly turn into an ultra-conservative Islamic state akin to Saudi Arabia..."
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