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Sunday, December 23, 2012

CAN WE PREDICT WHAT THE NEW EGYPT WILL LOOK LIKE, IF MORSI AND HIS NEW CONSTITUTION SURVIVE?

HOW DOES MORSI'S NEW CONSTITUTION FOR EGYPT COMPARE TO THAT OF TURKEY?

A cogent understanding of the significance of the new Egyptian Constitution and Government may be learned out by making a comparison to the Turkish Constitution and Government.  The Turkish Government is by an Islamist party elected under a pre-existing secular Constitution.  Despite Islamist leanings, Turkey is still a member nation of NATO, and still has relations with Israel (strained of course by the Turkish role in the Mavi Marmara Incident).  A study of the new Egyptian Constitution in comparison and contrast to that of the Turkish Constitution may reveal the true meaning of the new Egyptian Constitution and, may make it possible to predict, whether or not the Muslim Brotherhood has become a kinder, gentler, more democratic influence in Egypt and in the region, or, whether on not the Muslim Brotherhood is without doubt merely the Hamas of Egypt.

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