Ultraconservative Islamist party reshapes Egypt's politics

December 09, 2011 14:33

When a coalition of brand-new, ultraconservative Islamist parties won a quarter of the vote in the first round of Egypt's parliamentary elections, liberals were dismayed, and even the Muslim Brotherhood -- the country's well-known and long-established Islamist group -- was disconcerted. Read the report on the Daily Beast.

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