The Brotherhood and others have been serving the poor in Egypt for a long time. They know the territory and can make changes that just may benefit those citizens. If they do and people are better provided for with an economy that may even see growth, then everything the Egyptian people have hoped for will result.
The Islamists have survived for decades in oppression and have been violent to regimes in the past, but, that occurs even in the streets of London when oppression is overwhelming and people have no hope. I am sincerely not worried about it. It will be upto the new leadership to act as an ally to those that have stood by them as the transition occurs. The new government will be exactly that and will have a new experience in leadership, but, the real test will be the benevolence they exhibit to their people and the purpose of their leadership to improve their quality of life.
President Mubarak was an ally. Maybe he was more of ally than President. That may have resulted for many reasons.
The leaders in the Middle East are calling for a nuclear free Middle East. That means they are not interested in overwhelming power, but, peace and prosperity. I believe the people are simply happier now for having hope for themselves. Women will be valued and no different than Saudi Arabia, it took a long time to win the right to have a driver's license, but, it happened.
The most important measure of the new Egypt is the benevolence it brings to its populous. Time will tell.
...The first clue (click title to entry - thank you) to the success of the Brotherhood: its offices are social service agencies. Citizens dropped in to ask for blankets for the winter, and the party handed them out — along with campaign brochures. Several people asked for help paying medical bills, and they got it. In the evening, women arrived to take a free class about science.
“They do good social work,” acknowledged Ahmed Kenawi, himself a social worker who hasn’t yet decided whom to vote for.
Islamic parties get money for these social services partly from religious tithing by pious Muslims. Supporters of secular parties don’t seem as generous with their cash. Likewise, the Salafi parties are ubiquitous in the back alleys in a way secular parties aren’t....
Saudi woman set to conquer Antarctica (click here)
Published: Dec 12, 2011 21:14 Updated: Dec 12, 2011 21:51
“The objective of this trip is to contribute in projects to save planet Earth,” she said.
Scientists and environment experts, including British scientist Robert Swan, will accompany Al-Shamrani.
She said she was prompted to take the risk by the words of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah who has always encouraged Saudi women to undertake their role in society.
A woman from the United Arab Emirates, who had taken the trip before, also encouraged her. “I am very concerned with environmental issues and the ecological changes, which started to have their impact on Mother Earth,” she said....
Scientists and environment experts, including British scientist Robert Swan, will accompany Al-Shamrani.
She said she was prompted to take the risk by the words of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah who has always encouraged Saudi women to undertake their role in society.
A woman from the United Arab Emirates, who had taken the trip before, also encouraged her. “I am very concerned with environmental issues and the ecological changes, which started to have their impact on Mother Earth,” she said....
