Egypt Elections : Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists big gains in elections in Egypt

Egypt Elections
Freedom and justice, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, won the 235, or 47.2 percent of seats in the National Assembly (lower house of parliament), said a senior party official in a press release on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Nour is even more radical Salafi party won 125 seats, or 25.1 percent, the party chairman, said Imad Abdul Ghafoor.

Jihad Salafi Sunni extremists believe, who they are interpreters of the Quran. They began to treat terrorism as well as the power of the Salafi scholars in Egypt after the overthrow of President Mubarak.

In Gaza, Hamas considers too moderate Salafi jihad, despite the terror of Hamas.

Even with the victory of the leaders of both parties, demonstrations, where hundreds of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo on Friday to take part in a demonstration calling for the military authorities for grants, provoked their needs.

Midnoon after the prayers of hundreds of people gathered in various parts of the capital and then in Tahrir Square, which leads to paralysis of movement in the city center.

The demonstrators to the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) Hussein Tantawi called for power to civilians, some of them ask to be put to death that the former President Hosni Mubarak.

The protesters demanded that the ruling military council consisting of the change of power to civilian rule by groups like the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis.

"Salafism jihadism combines a deep respect for the sacred texts of devotion to literal interpretation. Salifists have an absolute commitment to jihad, and their number one target of the U.S. is seen as the worst enemies of their faith" against terrorism expert Neal Ahearn, a former commander of the unit anti-terrorist police.

The protesters also to end the military courts against civilians and called for the training of 50 members of the advisory board, chaired by a politician Ahmed Harar, a physician who was blinded during the Civil War in 2011.

Protest leaders announced that they had a sit-protest and stage a million people on Wednesday in front of the hospital where former President Mubarak treated stage.

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