otecting the life of every individual." The Wall. Street Journal (10/22, Hinshaw, Ojewska, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) says the ruling Law and Justice Party has tried to remove the fetal-exemption clause since taking power in 2015. The New York Times (10/22, Pronczuk, 18.61M) says the ruling "effectively

r jobs, homes, or gov- ernment services if they did not turn out for the party. The most charismatic opposition figure, the leader of the Unity and Justice Party, Birtukan Mideksa, re- mained in prison during the election, in which opposi- tion candidates took only two seats 22 The possible motivations for ret

it of "Brotherhood work'?" Indeed there were according to Shater -- for example, the Brother's establishment of a political party -- the Freedom and Justice Party. This was unprecedented in Brotherhood history. But Shater was at some pains to emphasize that this and other possible innovations were entirely se

o the more extreme Salafists who have emerged as the wild-card in post-Mubarak politics. The Salafist Nour party ran the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party a close second, finishing with 28% of the vote (against the FJP's 38%) in the parliamentary elections that concluded in January. Without a Brotherh

al analogies that are interesting but are hardly predictive of the Brotherhood's political trajectory. Still, if the reception that the Freedom and Justice Party received in Washington last March is any indication, these arguments hold sway and insulate Morsi and the EFTA00711986 Brotherhood from the wides

ure, repression and stagnation. We are not buying. And America shouldn't either. Amr Darrag is a member of the executive board of the Freedom and Justice Party, which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. He was Egypt's minister of planning and international cooperation under President Mohamed Morsi.

e whole process to a EFTA_R1_00462356 EFTA01976297 halt. On November 7", Constituent Assembly Secretary General Amr Darrag (from the Freedom and Justice Party) announced that the final draft of the new constitution would be issued on November 20", nearly three weeks earlier than the initial December 12" de

is seen as being particularly enamored with the prospects of Islamists in government," Danin says. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party now controls roughly 45% of parliamentary seats. In Tunisia, recent elections propelled Islamists to the top. Carnegie's Ottaway says it is "inevi

believe that this is a step in the transition toward democracy, but I'm very apprehensive," said Nora Soliman, one of the founders of the liberal Justice Party. "They have control over most of the levers of power." Soliman said she was no fan of the country's generals but saw them as a necessary evil durin

years. The two largest political factions in the so-called "lower house"—the Muslim Brotherhood (represented by its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)) and the Salafi Al-Nour Party—are well aware that within that term, their constituents will expect them to deliver on some of their promises

ast Update June 2=, 2012 Egypt: Early re=ults from the June 16-17 run-off presidential election indicate that the M=slim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party candidate, Mohammed Mor=i, is in the lead. The release of official results has been postponed pend=ng review of complaints from the candidates. The