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December 1, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/egyptian-elections-strides-by-the-brotherhood-1.398824

Egyptian Elections: Strides by the Salafists

(Ha'aretz) Avi Issacharoff - In the Egyptian voting, the big surprise is the success of Al-Nour (the Party of Light ), which is identified with the Salafists and other extreme Islamic groups. This is a significant accomplishment for a group with no political experience in Egypt, and which was pursued by the Egyptian security forces until the revolution earlier this year. The next two rounds of voting for the People's Council in Egypt's 18 other provinces will be later this month and in January, with final results expected on January 13. Then, between January and March, there will be voting for the 264 seats in the parliament's upper house.

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