Muslim Brothers are force behind protests

The Egyptian protests that have gone on for three days now highlight the strong influence of the radical Islamic Muslim Brotherhood, the liberal-conservative daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung writes: "That hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Cairo on the weekend may also be a sign of the growing unpopularity of the army, but it also testifies to the ability of the Muslim Brothers and the parties that have emerged from this movement to mobilise the people. In all probability the Islamists who have been watched over by the state will win the upcoming elections. Whether their unusual alliance with the Left and the secular parties will be sustained after an election victory remains to be seen. The only certainty is that Egypt's revolution will only deserve the name if Mubarak's fall ushers in a political system legitimated at the ballots."

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