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December 17, 2012

West Will Pay a Price for Backing Political Islam

Farid Zahran, NOW Lebanon

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The West's support for the Muslim Brotherhood (particularly in recent years) has shocked many middle and upper class Egyptians who see a contradiction in the West’s purported advocacy for democracy and human rights, and the Muslim Brotherhood’s borderline fascist religious rhetoric.

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TAGGED: Political Islam, Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood

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