Al Wasat decision postponed
Once again, the administrative court has postponed issuing a verdict on whether Al Wasat, a moderate Islamist party founded by former members of the Muslim Brotherhood that also contains a few Christians, should be able to form a legal political party. The most immediate impact of this decision is that since the court will not convene again until 3 December, the party will not be able to compete in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Al Wasat members may choose, of course, to run as independents.
For more background on this, see this Cairo article and previous posts on Arabist.net such as this and this.
Categories: Egypt, Political Islam.
Obviously tthe Egyptian populace craves some form of democracy: something moderate, something Islamic, something fair. While we Americans are puposely distracted by an unjust war for oil, the real struggle for democracy is being carried out by true heros in Egypt. I can only apologise for us, a nation decieved. Keep trying to reach us. Eventually we will hear.