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Supporters of Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, protest against Egypt's military rulers in Tahrir Square and celebrate a premature victory on June 23, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian election officials have postponed the announcement of a winner in last weekend's presidential run-off, stating they needed more time to evaluate charges of electoral abuse that could affect who becomes the country's next president. The official result is expected on June 24.
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Egyptians gather in Tahrir square.
Five hundred days after they overthrew Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians will finally have a new president on Sunday, the first they have chosen freely and who may well be from the Muslim Brotherhood, which Mubarak and fellow generals spent a lifetime fighting.
The result of last weekend's run-off, due in an election committee news conference at 3 p.m. (1300 GMT), will be historic for Egypt and the Middle East. Many think Islamist Mohamed Morsy will become head of state of the biggest Arab nation, reshaping the region after decades of Western-backed military rule, even if the armed forces are not giving up their control just yet.
The Brotherhood may react angrily if it is instead Ahmed Shafik, a former air force commander and Mubarak ally. His victory many Egyptians, and millions across the region, would fear as a mortal blow to last year's Arab Spring revolution, despite his assurances of also wanting an inclusive government.
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Supporters of Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, protest against Egypt's military rulers in Tahrir Square and celebrate a premature victory on June 23, in Cairo, Egypt.
Suhaib Salem / Reuters
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood wave flags during a sit-in protest against the military council at Tahrir Square in Cairo, June 23.
Egyptians fill Cairo's Tahrir Square in anticipation of a new government being announced. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
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I wouldn't want to be in Tahrir square today ... no matter who wins.
Find any women in the pictures ?
Guess they want to stay away from Tahrir square also. I wonder why.
We can relate, Egypt. Come November there will be chaos, too, regardless who wins the POTUS election, and if the Senate shifts over to Republican control, rest assured the progressives and liberals won't stand idly by and accept that either. I hope I'm wrong and I hope the American citizenry as a whole does not over-react, especially the libs who look for reasons to get upset and take to the streets.
Islam is very conservative.
The right wing is very conservative.
Both want freedom, but only conservative freedom.
Conservative meet Conservative.
You are correct! Pelomouse has already been thrwoing the race card around .Obamy has questioned the legitimacy of the Supreme Court! Unions are standing at the door with nearly 150 million dollars for the Omaby campaign!The OWS crowd is tunig up for the dims and repubs conventions(they should be fun).Halftime media has started throwing liberal bombs everyday! MSNBC has gone completely off the road in their blatent support of Obamy and the people in the middle are tired of all the above.If the libturds decide to do a Chicago 1968,you might see an larger response from the ignored ones!Then things could and will get ugly!
The word "conservative" is broadly used all over the world and means different things to different people. The same with the word "liberal". A few years ago, I had a conversation with an American that has spent most of his life in France. I was using the word "liberal", and he laughed and said "there are no liberals in the US". I got what he was saying which was compared to what.
I consider myself a conservative, but most likely most conservatives would disagree. I can't really speak about Islam, but from everything I know about that religion, none of it is something I would endorse. I have a few conservative friends that both fiscally and socially conservative that would never agree to the tenets of Islam.
It really isn't a good idea to make such broad statements.
Hey Anna,
You are right,either way it s a guarantee they ll be killing each other..
I thought "Islamic democracy" was an oxymoron. When did it change?
Granted there is muslims who are open minded (for instance some are against shariah law, and obligatory hijab), but I also think it is an oxymoron in this case, considering we are talking about the muslim brotherhood. They need more political parties over there, not just pro-military and pro-muslim brotherhood/Islam.
I guess that the ,over 8 million Christians in Egypt, will either have to convert to Islam ,arm themselves ,or move the hell away. I wonder where all of these so called Moderate Muslims are? it seems every time that a Middle Eastern country has gotten a chance at democracy, they either elect terrorist or some Muslim extremist group ,to govern them. The Christians in Egypt will now have to live under Islamic law, women will have to cover up from head to toe.It wont take long for Egypt to break their peace treaty with Israel and declare war.Americans and Westerners who have vacationed in Egypt in the past , better find somewhere else to go.
Oh man just think of the smells.
This just in... The Egyptian election will be decided by a runoff! Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims victory, but so does Sean Penn. Hugo Chavez got only 30% of the vote, and he wasn't even on the ballot.
Islamic democracy will be tricky to maintain. Sort of like keeping the religious right out of the USA politics. Democracy in this country is difficult to maintain. The Republic is fading.
God protect mankind from fundamental religious zealots there and here.
Whatever happens, the USA needs to stay the H3ll out!!! The same applies to Syria...
We need to take care of our own 3rd world country here at home.
From the frying pan into the fire. The people say they wanted freedom and Democracy so what do they do? They turn the country over to Extreme Islamist who in all probability will declare Sharia law. Be careful what you wish for. It seems the Military is Egypt's only hope for balance.
The first picture of the men with their hands in the air clearly shows that they have spotted a female and prepare to rip off her clothes to take turns molesting her. Lots of man-loving also going on during prayers in Tahrir Square. What subservient fools I hope they get what they deserve from their so called "Freedom and Justice Party", and as their country completely collapses into violence they will have no one to blame but themselves.
i bet the chick who started the riots feels like a dumbass