(New York Times) Neil MacFarquhar - A long-expected day of reckoning is at hand in Egyptian politics now that the Muslim Brotherhood, an illegal organization with a violent past, is entering the corridors of power for the first time in significant numbers. The outcome of the freest election in more than 50 years could determine whether political Islam will turn Egypt into a repressive, anti-American theocracy or if Islamic parties across the Arab world will themselves be transformed by participating in mainstream politics.
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