Egypt: Islamists Look to Consolidate Control

Violence that followed last week’s presidential election in Egypt speaks to the frustration felt by many Egyptians at the narrowing of the field to two candidates, neither of whom is likely to move the country in a more democratic direction. The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, who is likely to win the two-man run-off election next month, could be expected to take the country in the opposite direction in fact, consolidating power, threatening the Christian population and joining with the Islamist-dominated parliament to revisit the peace accord with Israel.

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