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Egypt only allows islamist opposition { June 2 2006 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5446614 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5446614 Democracy Suffers in Egypt After Election Morning Edition, June 2, 2006 · Egyptian journalist Hisham Kassem talks with Steve Inskeep about the status of Ayman Nour. Nour is a pro-democracy candidate who challenged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in last year's elections. He is in now jail after being charged with fraud by the government. -------------------------------------------------------------- 3:14 Steve Inskeep: One of the most powerful opposition groups where you are is the Muslim Brotherhood, which can be described as an Islamist group. So is that a legitimate fear, that if you had a truly free election in Egypt, that’s who you might end up with? Ayman Nour: The country is really left between two options: The Mosque, because the government cannot close mosques. And so any Islamic party or movement has the convenience of thousands of general assemblies across the country every week. As appose to political parties who are practically banned from getting on the streets. Now again with the deteriorating regime, this situation threatens that Egypt will move from an authoritarian regime into a theocracy. Steve Inskeep: Now the slightly paranoid theory, and perhaps not too paranoid theory, is that President Mubarak puts down secular opposition groups, so the only opposition left is Islamists, and people in the West who suppose him financially have no choice. Its either Hosni Mubarak or a bunch of people who will be enemies of yours. Ayman Nour: This is not a theory, this is the reality. This is what’s happening on the ground here. Basically, he uses them as a jack in the box, to scare everybody away. Warning them that democracy is going to bring about hostile governments to them, and this is certainly not the case.

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