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Old 02-01-2011, 16:46   #5
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2. If Mubarak and others like him are deposed in favor of elected governments, do you think we'll see relatively liberal Western-style regimes or is this just an opportunity for Salafi jihadists to seize power from the resultant power vacuum?
Radical political religion will soon shape the Mideast

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition...deast-1.340271

Do Egyptians want both democracy and a role for religion in their government?

http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/on...?hpid=talkbox1

Beware Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-a...m-brotherhood/

Don't Fear Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-a...houldnt-worry/

And so it goes...

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