| The War within Islam | |
| 13 Jan 2012, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Why Egypt Voted for Islamists: Their Integrity, Altruism, not Xenophobia, anti-Pluralism | |
Watching Elephants Fly By Thomas L. Friedman January 7, 2012 |
Here is what was so striking: virtually all the women we interviewed after the voting — all of whom were veiled, some with only slits for their eyes — said that they had voted for either the Muslim Brotherhood or the Salafists. But almost none said they had voted that way for religious reasons. Many said they voted for Islamists because they were neighbors, people they knew, while secular liberal candidates had never once visited. Some illiterate elderly women confided that they could not read the ballot and just voted where their kids told them to. But practically all of them said they had voted for the Muslim Brotherhood or Salafist candidates because they expected them to deliver better, more honest government — not more mosques or liquor bans.-- Thomas L. Friedman http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamWarWithinIslam_1.aspx?ArticleID=6368 | ||
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