Egyptian democracy

When the uprising in Egypt was happening, I and some others predicted that the result would not be the flourishing of a secular multi-party democracy as the BBC were saying, but instead a Muslim theocracy. The BBC played down this threat I wonder how they will react to the news that the hurried referendum in Egypt will result in elections before all but the Muslim Brotherhood and Mubarak's National Democratic Party have had a chance to get organised into political parties. The referendum saw some 77 per cent of Egyptians side with the Muslim Brotherhood by saying “Yes” to a quick patch-up of the existing Egyptian constitution. So the result of the referendum will be early elections and the result of the early elections will be victory for the Muslim Brotherhood with the main opposition party being the National Democratic Party.

The BBC kept telling us that the revolution was a secular revolution, that the Muslim Brotherhood were neither behind it nor poised to take control and that if they did then they were not really an Islamist party anyway. The truth is of course somewhat different; yes the Muslim Brotherhood were not the instigators of the revolution bu they were poised to take control and they are definitely an Islamist party. It seems that the Brothers have been informing the religious Muslims in Egypt that it was their duty as good Muslims to vote for the Muslim Brotherhood. As in Gaza where Hamas morphed into a social care organisation within the territory whilst waiting for the chance to take power, so in Egypt  the politically banned Muslim Brotherhood has provided charity and an Islamic education to many of Egypt's poor - now they can reap the reward of power.



I predict that the Muslim Brotherhood will start off pretending to be relatively secular but within a year Sharia Law will be on the agenda and the democratic will of the people as expressed through the result of elections will be used to implement Sharia Law as well as withdrawing from peace with Israel. Just as Adolph Hitler subverted democracy in 1930's Germany to concentrate power in his Nazi Party so the modern day successors to the Mufti, who allied himself with Hitler, will do the same in modern day Egypt. History has a nasty habit of repeating itself and just as Jews were the biggest victim of the Nazi's coming to power in 1930's Germany so they will be when the Muslim Brotherhood take power in Egypt.