MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

Riiiigggghhhhht.  Here is the Muslim Brotherhood’s motto, in their own words: “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur’an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” Anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows that 1+1 does not equal anything but 2 …

By Aya Batrawy – “Cairo • Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, emerging as the biggest winner in the first round of parliamentary elections, sought Saturday to reassure Egyptians that it would not sacrifice personal freedoms in promoting Islamic law.

The deputy head of the Brotherhood’s new political party, Essam el-Erian, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that the group is not interested in imposing Islamic values on Egypt, home to a sizable Christian minority and others who object to being subject to strict Islamic codes.

‘We represent a moderate and fair party,’ el-Erian said of his Freedom and Justice Party. ‘We want to apply the basics of Shariah law in a fair way that respects human rights and personal rights,’ he said, referring to Islamic law.” Read more.

Islamist parties win 65% in the first round of elections – “Islamists trounced their liberal rivals in the opening phase of Egypt’s first election since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, figures showed on Sunday, with one in four voters choosing hardline Salafists. Islamist parties won 65 percent of all votes cast for parties in the first round of parliamentary polls last week, while the main secular liberal coalition managed just 13.4 percent. Among the Islamist vote, the moderate Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) of the Muslim Brotherhood won 36.6 percent, followed by the hardline Salafist Al-Nur party with 24.4 percent and the moderate Al-Wasat with 4.3 percent.” Read more.

Egypt Islamists tell rivals to accept vote result – “Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood called on its rivals to accept the will of the people on Saturday after a first-round vote set its party on course to take the most seats in the country’s first freely elected parliament in six decades. The assembly’s popular mandate will give it clout to stand up to the generals who have ruled Egypt for the nine turbulent months since Hosni Mubarak’s removal and who are now scrambling to appoint a new interim government after the last one quit… ‘We call upon everyone, and all those who associate themselves with democracy, to respect the will of the people and accept their choice,’ it said in a statement after the first-round vote, which drew an official turnout of 62 percent.” Read more.

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on allegations of vote buying and fraud: Shut up – “Oh, this bodes well for impartial and transparent governance in the New Egypt. Of course, the Ikhwan has gained popularity by railing against corruption under Mubarak. It is easy to criticize the other guy’s corruption and cronyism. But the Brotherhood has already shown its own propensity toward corruption, both in vote buying and other election tampering in two elections (last week’s, and the constitutional referendum in March), and now in its refusal to discuss it.” Read more.

Expert: Egypt Election Results Are a Nightmare Come True – “Israel’s worst fears regarding its relationship with the Arab world – and with Egypt in particular – are coming true before its eyes, Middle East expert Dr. David Buk’i told Arutz 7 in an interview Saturday night. ‘The rise of the Islamists in Egypt means the end of the peace treaty with Egypt and the rise of a government committed to the ideological Islamist goal of the destruction of the State of Israel,’ Buk’i said. With results in from the first round of voting in Egypt, it’s clear that the Islamist coalition has emerged as the largest faction in the future Egyptian government, by far.” Read more.