Has the Muslim Brotherhood hijacked Egypt's revolution?

Though it stayed on the sidelines during the protests that ousted Hosni Mubarak, the Islamist group is flexing its muscles now

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie speaks during a post-revolution celebration.
(Image credit: Corbis)

Egypt's military leaders announced Monday that they would hold parliamentary elections — originally scheduled for June — in September. The delay is being seen as a nod to emerging political groups that had asked for more time to get organized. Nevertheless, well-established Islamist candidates linked to the Muslim Brotherhood are still expected to out-perform their secular counterparts and the Islamist group appears to have become the country's driving political force, replacing the youth activists who started Egypt's revolution. Is the Muslim Brotherhood destined to run Egypt?

Of course the Muslim Brotherhood is taking control: Islamists are taking over Egypt's revolution? "You don't say!" says Ed Morrissey at Hot Air. This may "come as quite a shock" to those who insisted that Hosni Mubarak should leave power immediately, instead of sticking around long enough for secular opposition groups to get organized. But many of us warned from the start that "the Muslim Brotherhood would be the only political force organized to take advantage of the aftermath."

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