Final results confirm Islamists top Egypt vote

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34. What nonsense!

It is only the gullible, those who saw in Tahrir Sq. a reflection of themselves as opposed to the reality of Egypt, who believe that somehow the Islamists "highjacked" the election. After all, this is Egypt, where an estimated 97% of females undergo genital mutilation (how progressive of them!), even though the practice was banned in 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation

The fact is that a huge majority of Egyptians are islamic fundamentalists (after all, Sayyid Qutb was an Egyptian), and a big bunch of that group are in fact Salafists - which explains the vote breakdown among the Islamist parties. Anyone who knew anything about Egypt knew perfectly well that this would be the outcome once Mubarak was gone.

And for anyone who thinks that more exposure to the modern world will help shape Egyptian attitudes toward a more progressive bent, the short account of Sayyid Qutb's visit to the US is instructive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayyid_Qutb

It was a key feature in pushing him to found the Muslim Brotherhood.