Egyptian Election Proves Democracy Not Always Smooth in the Middle East
Quick - what happens when you let a culture moving towards militant Islam vote?
Preliminary results in Egypt's elections Thursday gave the leading opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, a record 19 percent of parliament, with the ruling party and its allies holding an overwhelming majority after a four-week election with unprecedented political violence... The results mean the Brotherhood - a group that is banned but tolerated with restriction - has won almost six times the 15 seats it held in the outgoing assembly.
Final toll: 11 killed, hundreds wounded.
Preliminary results in Egypt's elections Thursday gave the leading opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, a record 19 percent of parliament, with the ruling party and its allies holding an overwhelming majority after a four-week election with unprecedented political violence... The results mean the Brotherhood - a group that is banned but tolerated with restriction - has won almost six times the 15 seats it held in the outgoing assembly.
Final toll: 11 killed, hundreds wounded.
