Is a green wave of Islamism soon to cover the whole of North Africa?
In Tunisia, the Islamist an-Nahda (Revival) Party is in talks to head a coalition government. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, campaigning as “The Freedom and Justice Party,” may win a plurality in this week’s voting. In Morocco, America’s staunchest North African ally since the ’60s, election results announced yesterday give the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) the right to head a coalition government.
Yet talk of the “triumph of Islam” may be premature.
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