Revolutionaries’ dream ends with nightmare: Religious state or Mubarak holdover

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Shafiq's success appears to have shaken influential Islamist movement, which won parliamentary, senate elections held last winter.

Middle East Online
First Published: 2012-05-26
By Samer al-Atrush – CAIRO

The Muslim Brotherhood has urged Egyptians to rally behind their presidential candidate in an almost certain run-off with rival Ahmed Shafiq, warning the country would be in danger if fallen Hosni Mubarak's premier wins.

The Brotherhood on Friday declared its candidate Mohammed Mursi the front-runner in the May 23-24 election after all the votes had been counted, with Shafiq in second place.

Several newspaper websites also put Mursi and shafiq out in front after the voting on Wednesday and Thursday.

A run-off between Shafiq and Mursi will further polarise a nation that rose up against the authoritarian Mubarak 15 months ago but has since suffered a spike in violence and a declining economy.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=52472

[pinto]

1. The two of them, taken together, = 50% of the vote.

Haven't seen any other breakdown of the full results.

[tabatha]

2. Egyptian blogger who boycotted the election.

Ahmad H. Aggour ?@Psypherize
We will win, even if it takes a decade.