Islamist candidate Mohammad Morsi declared victory yesterday in Egypt's first free presidential election since former president Hosni Mubarak's ouster sixteen months ago. Morsi represents the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist fundamentalist group which has emerged as the most powerful political faction since the uprising. If Morsi's victory is confirmed in the official result expected on Thursday, then it would be the first victory of an Islamist as head of state in the stunning wave of so-called pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East the past year.
I've felt since Hosni Mubarak was outsted from Egypt last year that it would set the stage for the creation of a Muslim Caliphate. Mohammad Morsi will be the first Islamist to become head of state if his victory is confirmed Thursday. How will Morsi's victory affect Israel? Time will tell.
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