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2011-12-02 Africa North

No Alliance With Ultraconservatives, Islamist Party Says

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Posted by tipper 2011-12-02 00:43|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 One thing I will say about the MB, is that they certainly know how to be diplomatic. This in its own right indicates that they are pragmatic and smart enough to "do business", without going the Salafist or Wahhabi route.

Hopefully they will form a government with the secular party, so that the emphasis is on improving the economy, public services and infrastructure, "and we'll worry about the other stuff later."

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-12-02 11:08|| 2011-12-02 11:08|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm expecting them to start out moderate and slowly become Hamas.

Posted by Fred 2011-12-02 12:28|| 2011-12-02 12:28|| Front Page Top

#3 They have a long history of spawning - and funnelling people, money, other support to - more radical groups while keeping the main brand name 'moderate'.

Posted by lotp 2011-12-02 13:52|| 2011-12-02 13:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Erdogan's party started out claiming to be moderate Islamists, too... For that matter, electing Hamas was supposed to moderate them because they would have to compromise their principles in order to govern effectively. We've seen how well that worked.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-12-02 14:26|| 2011-12-02 14:26|| Front Page Top

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