Abol Fotoh: Egypt’s next president? By Paul Cruickshank, CNN
The religious pragmatist who might be Egypt’s next president By Paul Cruickshank, CNN May 23, 2012 — Updated 1814 GMT (0214 HKT) (CNN) — Abdelmonen Abol Fotoh, an independent moderate Islamist candidate for the Egyptian presidency, and one many tip to become the country’s first freely elected leader, if he gets through this week’s first round of voting, has been a busy man these last weeks. The Egyptian Erdogan? … No friend of Israel One of the most striking features of Abol Fotoh’s campaign has been his strongly worded depiction of Israel as an “enemy.” Although such rhetoric is unsurprising given the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian wing Hamas is still at war with Israel, he has been one of the most hawkish of any of the leading presidential candidates on Israel. Political calculations may have played a role as Abol Fotoh said in the presidential debate he believed “the majority of Egyptians are enemies of the state of Israel.” http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/23/world/africa/egypt-abol-fotoh-interview/index.html
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