The Muslim Brotherhood has long been a force in Egypt.  They began in Egypt, and have been part of Egyptian society since 1928, when Hassan al-banna forged the beginnigs of what is now a banned group in Egypt. 

The possibility of a coalition government in Egypt with the MB as a dominate player does not bode well for the secular future of Egypt, nor give the people hope for a future administration which will see their needs as humans paramount to the needs of Islam.

Mohamed Elbaradei, seen as a possible successor to Mubarak, may be viewed as a "moderate" by Western eyes, but if the MB gathers together all the opposition leaders under it's banner, and gets Elbaradei to accept his place as a viable replacement, it will not be too long before the MB starts to use their strength, through Elbaradei to affect change in Egypt towards a fully functioning sharia-compliant and doctrinally-based society.

The plan has been in the works since August of 2010, as evinced by this piece.


From The Washington Times Aug 1 by Kristen Chick

Muslim Brotherhood supports ElBaradei

Moves shows potential for change in Egypt

CAIRO | When Mohamed ElBaradei, Nobel laureate and former head of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency, swept back to Egypt in February talking of democratic reform and possibly running for president, he reinvigorated a stagnant political opposition.

A loose coalition of opposition parties and reform movements sprang up with Mr. ElBaradei as the figurehead and began gathering signatures for a seven-point petition calling for democratic reform in Egypt.

But when the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest opposition group, threw its weight behind that movement in early July, suddenly the numbers ballooned, from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. The coalition now claims to have more than 300,000 petition signatures, with more than two thirds of them gathered by the Brotherhood.

It’s an indication of the powerful force for change in Egypt that could emerge if the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s notoriously fractious secular opposition groups were able to create a united front that demands an alternative to the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled with an iron fist for 29 years.

And it is now happening before our eyes.  Don't blink.

Update: Now Elbaradei is calling for an intifada if the government does not accede to the demands of the people.  From ANSAmed Jan 29

EGYPT: INTIFADA UNTIL REGIME STEPS DOWN, EL BARADEI SAYS

(ANSAmed) - CAIRO, JANUARY 29 - ''If the regime does not step down, the people's Intifada will continue''. So said leading Egyptian activist Mohamed El Baradei in an interview to Al Jazeera. ''A new Constitution is needed....

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